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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes Spanish Gold?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Valery.
(c) Heinrich Mann.
(d) George A. Buckingham.

2. Where would you go for big rhino?
(a) The Rift Valley.
(b) Mount Kenya.
(c) Handeni country.
(d) Lake Manyara.

3. What was Hemingway confident of when he used the 470?
(a) He would hit the target.
(b) It would be relatively quiet.
(c) It would be noisy.
(d) Reloading it would be quick.

4. What drink does Hemingway carry in his flask?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Coffee.

5. What does Hemingway's wife think Von Lettow is bitter about?
(a) The East Indians.
(b) The natives.
(c) The Aga Khan.
(d) American women.

6. Why did they not attack the Rhino on first sight?
(a) It was too dark to reach the Rhino in time for a shot.
(b) The path to the Rhino was too wet and slippery.
(c) A herd of buffalo was blocking their path.
(d) There were too many Rhino to aim at.

7. Why do they not shoot the first Rhino they find?
(a) The horn is too small.
(b) It is a cow rhino.
(c) There is no horn.
(d) It is a calf rhino.

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

9. What are they travelling away from?
(a) The famine.
(b) The rains from the south.
(c) The heat.
(d) A stampede of kudu bulls.

10. What drink is the finest one there is?
(a) No drink at all.
(b) The second one.
(c) The first one.
(d) The last round.

11. Who does everyone believe shot the first Lion?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Charo.
(c) Karl.
(d) Mama.

12. What woman does Hemingway consider no longer beautiful?
(a) Margot.
(b) Garbo.
(c) Josie.
(d) The Memsahib.

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

14. What does Hemingway suggest is wrong with Kandisky's broken down car?
(a) The engine has a timing knock.
(b) A leaking radiator.
(c) The fuel pump is faulty.
(d) There is a loose fan belt.

15. How is Pop able to shoot elephants in high grass?
(a) He sets fire to the grass and scares them out.
(b) He can smell where they are.
(c) He shoots into the grass randomly.
(d) By climbing onto a person's shoulders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the poor people that travelling westward wear?

2. Who is the driver for Hemingway and his hunting party?

3. What scares Hemingway sick?

4. What is a Tembo?

5. What noise spooks the hunting party as they search for the wounded buffalo?

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