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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?
(a) He is told to hunt kongoni.
(b) He is told to hunt meat.
(c) He will now hunt the oryx.
(d) He is told to hunt kudu.

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

3. What type of gun is Pop carrying?
(a) Hemingway's heavy gun.
(b) A Mannlicher.
(c) A Springfield.
(d) He isn't using a gun.

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

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

6. What is a Tembo?
(a) It is a greater giraffe.
(b) It is an elephant.
(c) It is a lesser kudu bull.
(d) It is a rhino.

7. What does it mean when a tracker says Kufa?
(a) Alive.
(b) Dead.
(c) Wounded.
(d) The shot missed.

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

9. What type of war is the best for a writer?
(a) A gang war.
(b) A religious war.
(c) A civil war.
(d) A world war.

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

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

12. Where are writers forged?
(a) At the library.
(b) In the blacksmith.
(c) In injustice.
(d) In university.

13. What type of hat is Hemingway wearing?
(a) A fedora.
(b) He is not wearing a hat.
(c) A Stetson.
(d) A Tyrolese.

14. Which gun does Hemingway try to shoot the buffalo with?
(a) The Mannlicher.
(b) The P.O.M.'s rifle.
(c) The Springfield.
(d) His heavy 470.

15. Who can shoot after you cannot see?
(a) The Bwana.
(b) The M'Cola.
(c) The Wanderobo.
(d) The Abdullah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hat is Kandisky wearing when he first meets Hemingway?

2. What allows Hemingway his strong sense of smell?

3. What color is an old buffalo bull?

4. How does Hemingway know he has killed the bull before he has even seen it?

5. What makes the nasty stink in the forest?

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