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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. What type of hat is Hemingway wearing?

2. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?

3. Why is Hemingway's hunting party finding it hard to feel happy for Karl's rhino?

4. How does Hemingway know he has killed the bull before he has even seen it?

5. What is it that Hemingway thinks makes him unhappy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Karl's emotional state when he joins the author's hunting party?

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

3. What is Hemingway's opinion of American writing?

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

5. How does the Tolstoy book the author read affect him?

6. What causes the hunting party to hunt so unusually long into the day?

7. What opinions do the author, Pop and Mama reveal about Karl?

8. Why does the author shoot his oryx without first consulting Karl?

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

10. How does the author initially react to seeing the new hunting country Droopy guides them to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway talks about living in Africa. Discuss his motivations. Why would he want to live there? What could stop him from living there successfully?

Essay Topic 2

How reliable is Hemingway's narration? Choose another character and discuss how the story would change if seen through that character's eyes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Pop and P.O.M.. Examine how this relationship affects Hemingway. How does this compare to Hemingway's interaction with his wife?

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