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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Harry describes his past for his companion to dictate in the second half of the story, he describes the husband of the woman who ran the Bal Musette as having what occupation?
(a) He was a taxi driver
(b) He was a butcher
(c) He was a military general
(d) He was a taxidermist

2. Harry tells the woman in the beginning of the story that the vultures appeared the day that what happened?
(a) The day they arrived in Africa
(b) The day they arrived in Egypt
(c) The day the truck broke down
(d) The day they got engaged

3. 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?
(a) A cougar
(b) A zebra
(c) A Tommie
(d) A lion

4. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?
(a) Vodka
(b) Schnapps
(c) Kirsch
(d) Ginever

5. Who does Harry’s companion call for when she awakens at the end of the story?
(a) Nansen
(b) Lent
(c) Hans
(d) Molo

6. 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 hyena
(b) A leopard
(c) A lion
(d) A vulture

7. As his companion dictates, Harry describes renting a trout stream after the war. Harry says that what individual had a fine fishing season that year?
(a) A hotel proprietor
(b) A butcher
(c) A ski instructor
(d) A schoolteacher

8. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living and writing in Paris in a top room of a hotel where he paid how much per month?
(a) 50 francs
(b) 10 francs
(c) 100 francs
(d) 60 francs

9. The Hôtel de Crillon is located at the foot of what famous street?
(a) The Rue de Rennes
(b) The Rue de Passy
(c) Boulevard Haussmann
(d) The Champs-Élysées

10. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?
(a) A pen or a pencil
(b) His mind and heart
(c) A suit and tie
(d) A hammer and nail

11. What word from the story refers to tight-fitting trousers worn primarily for horseback riding?
(a) Jodhpurs
(b) Dongles
(c) Patsies
(d) Derbies

12. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?
(a) His lack of education
(b) His adulterous affairs
(c) This shortening of hours
(d) The government’s greed

13. Who is described as Harry’s “femme de ménage” in his descriptions of Paris while dictating to his companion?
(a) Sara
(b) Elise
(c) Marie
(d) Michelle

14. Harry scratched himself where on his body, leading to his current condition?
(a) His left knee
(b) His right hand
(c) His right knee
(d) His left elbow

15. What is the name of the African servant to Harry and his mistress in the story?
(a) Molo
(b) Nansen
(c) Hans
(d) Bwana

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is “that old bastard” from that Harry describes as having beaten the chore boy in Harry’s memories of the ranch?

2. 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?

3. By what name does the author assert the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as in the author’s preface to the story?

4. What does Harry regret having done “so much that he blunted the edge of his perceptions”?

5. How long ago was it that Harry scratched himself, leading ultimately to his current condition?

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