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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does M'Cola consider the old men in the party?

2. What does Pop tell Hemingway to also shoot?

3. Why were the trees at the edge of Droopy's country girdled?

4. Who never swallows his saliva until sunset during Ramadan?

5. What is the biggest hazard for Hemingway when shooting large animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kandinsky say to Hemingway when he first meets him?

2. How do Kandinsky and Hemingway meet?

3. How are the author and his wife affected by the sound of the dying buffalo?

4. How does the author compare M'cola and Droopy?

5. What reasons does Hemingway give for tracking the lion?

6. What reason does Droopy give for stopping Hemingway shooting the rhino?

7. What effect does the group's lion hunt have on the hunting party?

8. What are the author's thoughts about Charo at this stage?

9. How successful is their search?

10. What is the significance of Tolstoy on this trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Hemingway is competitive? How does this impact on his relationship with Karl?

Essay Topic 2

Who does Hemingway suggest has influenced his life? What writers does he mention and why? What standing did Hemingway have in the Thirties as a writer?

Essay Topic 3

The book is written in first person narrative. Why do you think Hemingway chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?

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