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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. Of Harry, the narrator says, “He could beat anything, he thought, because nothing could hurt him if he” what?
(a) Kept a straight face
(b) Was strong
(c) Acted tough enough
(d) Did not care

2. Of what kind of animal does Harry’s companion say, “He’s the one makes the noise at night. I don’t mind it. They’re a filthy animal though”?
(a) A leopard
(b) A vulture
(c) A hyena
(d) A lion

3. What drinks do Harry and his companion have after she’s returned from hunting in the evening?
(a) Manhattans
(b) Whiskey-sodas
(c) Gin-and-gingers
(d) Rum-sodas

4. What is Harry’s mistress’s reply when he says in the beginning of the story, “I don’t want to move. There is no sense in moving now except to make it easier for you”?
(a) It doesn’t make it easier for me
(b) That’s cowardly
(c) I’m leaving
(d) Don’t be obtuse

5. Perticara is a town located in what country?
(a) Belgium
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Austria

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?

2. In Harry’s flashback to fleeing from a British gunner subaltern with a woman, they get into a taxi and go to what location along the Bosphorus?

3. What illness did Hemingway contract during a 1933 trip to Africa that he later reflected in his story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

4. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns from hunting, “The boys have the wood all ready and the grass to make” what?

5. What does Harry’s mistress repeatedly ask him if he’d like her to do in the beginning of the story?

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