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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What type of war is the best for a writer?
(a) A gang war.
(b) A civil war.
(c) A world war.
(d) A religious war.
2. What does Hemingway believe scares away the greater kudu bulls and ruins the first hunt?
(a) The coming of the dusk.
(b) Their car waiting down the road.
(c) The motor-lorry.
(d) A lesser kudu bull.
3. What does Abdullah do to the guineas that Hemingway shoots down to make them legal to eat?
(a) Cut their wings off.
(b) Cut their beaks off.
(c) Cut their feet off.
(d) Cut their heads off.
4. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?
(a) He will now hunt the oryx.
(b) He is told to hunt meat.
(c) He is told to hunt kongoni.
(d) He is told to hunt kudu.
5. Why do they not shoot the first Rhino they find?
(a) It is a calf rhino.
(b) There is no horn.
(c) It is a cow rhino.
(d) The horn is too small.
6. Who does everyone believe shot the first Lion?
(a) Karl.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Charo.
(d) Mama.
7. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?
(a) Winston Churchill by Richard Carvel.
(b) Richard Carvell by Winston Churchill.
(c) Polikushka by Tolstoy.
(d) Sevastopol by Tolstoy.
8. How do Droopy and Hemingway transport the reedbuck's body back to camp?
(a) They carry it between them on a sling.
(b) Hemingway carries it to build up his fitness.
(c) They hang it in the crotch of a tree and call the porters.
(d) Droopy carries it all by himself.
9. What do the poor people that travelling westward wear?
(a) A greasy cloth knotted over one shoulder.
(b) Umbrellas.
(c) Quivers of arrows.
(d) Draped white cloth.
10. Who does the Memsahib try to walk like?
(a) M'Cola.
(b) Droopy.
(c) Karl.
(d) Pop.
11. Why can the hunting party not get above ridges of hills as they hunt the rhino?
(a) The rhino will spot them if they climb any higher.
(b) The westerly wind is blowing dust preventing them from seeing the rhino.
(c) The easterly wind will blow their scent on ahead and warn the rhino.
(d) The vantage point from the hills is too low.
12. What alerts Karl and Dan to the rhino just outside of camp?
(a) They see its horn above the grass.
(b) They hear its grunt.
(c) A group of tick birds suddenly take flight.
(d) They hear a loud rustling in the grass.
13. What does Hemingway's wife think Von Lettow is bitter about?
(a) American women.
(b) The East Indians.
(c) The Aga Khan.
(d) The natives.
14. Who does Kandisky look like a caricature of?
(a) Babati.
(b) Ringelnatz.
(c) Benchley.
(d) Rilke.
15. Who does Hemingway's wife think is the greatest writer in America?
(a) Valery.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Upton Sinclair.
(d) Sinclair Lewis.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Hemingway aiming for when he shot the reedbuck?
2. What did the thorn tree with yellow blossoms mark?
3. What picture appears on the bottle of beer that they drink?
4. Where would you go for big rhino?
5. What does Droopy do as a precaution before he goes to find the rhino?
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