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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the driver for Hemingway and his hunting party?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) Kamau.
(d) M'Cola.
2. Why does Hemingway not shoot the kuro in his sights?
(a) Droopy tells him not to.
(b) He has already shot too many.
(c) He already has the head and it doesn't impress him.
(d) The meat is worthless and he already has the head.
3. Which gun does Hemingway try to shoot the buffalo with?
(a) The Mannlicher.
(b) The Springfield.
(c) His heavy 470.
(d) The P.O.M.'s rifle.
4. Who was the only person happy for Karl?
(a) Dan.
(b) Karl himself.
(c) M'Cola.
(d) The skinner.
5. What are Nyati?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Tsetse flies.
(c) Rhino.
(d) Elephants.
6. What is a Shamba?
(a) A person who raises a sisal.
(b) It is the leader of the kudu bulls.
(c) It is a disease.
(d) A plantation.
7. What does Hemingway suggest is wrong with Kandisky's broken down car?
(a) There is a loose fan belt.
(b) A leaking radiator.
(c) The engine has a timing knock.
(d) The fuel pump is faulty.
8. Where would you go for big rhino?
(a) Handeni country.
(b) Lake Manyara.
(c) The Rift Valley.
(d) Mount Kenya.
9. What does Hemingway's wife think Von Lettow is bitter about?
(a) The Aga Khan.
(b) The natives.
(c) American women.
(d) The East Indians.
10. Whose gun can Droopy not shoot?
(a) Pop's Mannlicher.
(b) Pop's four-fifty two.
(c) Hemingway's four-seventy.
(d) Mama's Mannlicher.
11. What drink does Hemingway carry in his flask?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Water.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Coffee.
12. 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 is a fine bird shot.
(d) That he hates riding in cars.
13. What are the big native dance festivals also called?
(a) Hapanas.
(b) Handenis.
(c) Ngomas.
(d) Rhodesias.
14. How does Hemingway know he has killed the bull before he has even seen it?
(a) Confidence in his shooting ability.
(b) The bull makes no sound.
(c) Pop sees the shot hit it in the shoulder.
(d) The sound of its bellow.
15. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What nationality is Kandisky?
2. How does Karl's rhino compare to Hemingway's?
3. Who does Kandisky look like a caricature of?
4. What type of war is the best for a writer?
5. What does Droopy do as a precaution before he goes to find the rhino?
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