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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hemingway worried about the 17th February?
(a) It is the last safe date to leave.
(b) No hunting is allowed after that date.
(c) That is when he finds out if his wife is pregnant.
(d) It is his mother's birthday.

2. What does Hemingway tell the hunting party every night?
(a) That he hates riding in cars.
(b) That he is an awful tracker.
(c) That he loves getting drunk.
(d) That he is a fine bird shot.

3. At what distance did Hemingway shoot the larger bull?
(a) Forty paces.
(b) Four hundred yards.
(c) Four hundred paces.
(d) Forty yards.

4. What are the big native dance festivals also called?
(a) Hapanas.
(b) Ngomas.
(c) Handenis.
(d) Rhodesias.

5. What does Hemingway say is more difficult than poetry?
(a) A prose that has never been written.
(b) Prose that is similar to poetry.
(c) A prose that has never been read.
(d) A prose that has been written too many times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kandisky look like a caricature of?

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

3. What picture appears on the bottle of beer that they drink?

4. What is the only difference between Galicia and Handeni?

5. What was the local guide chased by?

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