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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry tells the woman that the first thing he did to deserve his fate was not putting what on his wound when he first scratched himself?
(a) Peroxide
(b) Iodine
(c) A bandage
(d) Alcohol

2. What animals does Harry see from the plane that are described as “big-headed dots seeming to climb as they moved in long fingers across the plain”?
(a) Vultures
(b) Zebras
(c) Wildebeests
(d) Hyenas

3. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living in an apartment where you could see the wood and coal man’s place. What did the wood and coal man also sell?
(a) Olives
(b) Bad wine
(c) Butchered hens
(d) Pigs

4. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?
(a) 1911
(b) 1723
(c) 1885
(d) 1906

5. Where is Monte Corona located?
(a) Italy
(b) Spain
(c) Portugal
(d) Austria

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?

2. What do the two boys have slung and carry as they follow Harry’s companion back to the camp when she returns in the evening?

3. In what year was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” adapted and produced to film, starring Gregory Peck as Harry?

4. What is Harry’s response when his companion says, “That's not fair. I love you now. I'll always love you. Don't you love me?”

5. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that Black’s Medical Dictionary says that what is bad for him in his condition?

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