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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of knife is used to stick the reedbuck that Hemingway shoots?
(a) A skinning knife.
(b) A pen knife.
(c) A sticking knife.
(d) A hunting knife.

2. Who was considered by Hemingway to be the best hunter?
(a) M'cola.
(b) Droopy.
(c) Charo.
(d) Himself.

3. Whose gun can Droopy not shoot?
(a) Pop's four-fifty two.
(b) Mama's Mannlicher.
(c) Pop's Mannlicher.
(d) Hemingway's four-seventy.

4. What alerts Karl and Dan to the rhino just outside of camp?
(a) They hear its grunt.
(b) They see its horn above the grass.
(c) They hear a loud rustling in the grass.
(d) A group of tick birds suddenly take flight.

5. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?
(a) Winston Churchill by Richard Carvel.
(b) Sevastopol by Tolstoy.
(c) Polikushka by Tolstoy.
(d) Richard Carvell by Winston Churchill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows Hemingway his strong sense of smell?

2. What type of war is the best for a writer?

3. Who wrote The Cornet?

4. Why is Pop unsure whether or not Hemingway has shot the rhino?

5. What are the big native dance festivals also called?

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