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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Hemingway aiming for when he shot the reedbuck?
(a) The center of its shoulder.
(b) The centre of its chest.
(c) The base of its skull.
(d) In between its eyes.

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

3. What type of hat is Kandisky wearing when he first meets Hemingway?
(a) A Swahili hunting cap.
(b) A tophat.
(c) A Tyrolese hat.
(d) An army beret.

4. What weapon is Hemingway using to hunt the greater kudu bulls?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A machete.

5. Who is described as having thin Chinese hairs at the corners of his mouth?
(a) M'Cola.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Abdullah.
(d) Hemingway.

6. 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.

7. What did the thorn tree with yellow blossoms mark?
(a) The place they had seen the rhino enter the forest.
(b) The place they had seen the Rhino the night before.
(c) The spot where they had first seen the rhino come out.
(d) The spot where they had seen the rhino fighting.

8. Whose shot actually kills the first Lion?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) The P.O.M.
(c) M'cola.
(d) Charo.

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

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

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

12. How does Hemingway know he has killed the bull before he has even seen it?
(a) Pop sees the shot hit it in the shoulder.
(b) The sound of its bellow.
(c) The bull makes no sound.
(d) Confidence in his shooting ability.

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

14. What scares Hemingway sick?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Steep ravines.
(c) Riding in cars.
(d) Large rhino.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?

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

4. How do Droopy and Hemingway transport the reedbuck's body back to camp?

5. Who wrote The Cornet?

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