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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do M'Cola and Hemingway decide to turn back?
(a) They are worried about the P.O.M.
(b) It is getting too dark.
(c) Hemingway cannot call the shot.
(d) They have run out of ammunition.

2. Why does Garrick stay behind for the late afternoon hunt?
(a) The Wanderobo thinks it is silly for him to go.
(b) Hemingway tells him to.
(c) He is scared of getting his clothes dirty.
(d) The Roman asks him to look after the camp.

3. Which tracker would Hemingway like to shoot in the behind?
(a) Kamau the Kikuyu.
(b) The uneducated Garrick.
(c) M'Cola.
(d) Abdullah.

4. Who writes the best Safari book?
(a) Garrick.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Streeter.
(d) Karl.

5. What headdress does Garrick wear to the annoyance of Hemingway?
(a) Black kudu bull horns.
(b) Black and white ostrich plume.
(c) A hat made of locusts.
(d) Rose-colored flamingo plume.

6. What has gotten M'Cola worried?
(a) A nearby simba.
(b) Rival hunters taking all the game.
(c) The lack of kudu bull.
(d) Almost getting run over by a waterbuck.

7. What does a principal Somali cattle buyer carry?
(a) Spears decorated with feathers.
(b) A Tyrolese hat.
(c) An orchard bush.
(d) An umbrella.

8. Who is the tragedian of the party?
(a) Karl.
(b) Garrick.
(c) Abdullah the tracker.
(d) Molo.

9. Why do they send Karl down to sable country?
(a) He is the first to shoot a kudu.
(b) His kudu is ugly.
(c) The hunting party find him annoying.
(d) There are no kudu left.

10. What is the single thing that lasts?
(a) The clear and blue coast.
(b) Empty condoms of our great loves.
(c) Worn light bulbs of our discoveries.
(d) The stream.

11. What is the most obvious difference between male and female sable?
(a) The male is a lot larger.
(b) Only the male has horns.
(c) They are different colors.
(d) Females have stripes.

12. Why do animals on a plain feed differently from those in the woods?
(a) They can see further.
(b) They cannot find shelter on a plain.
(c) It is easier to hide in the woods.
(d) Food is more abundant in the woods.

13. Where was the last time they had ducks?
(a) At the first camp.
(b) The Serengeti.
(c) Kenya.
(d) In Droopy's country.

14. Which item of Hemingway's clothing does M'cola take?
(a) White khaki shorts.
(b) His stetson hat.
(c) A quail-shooting coat.
(d) A corduroy sleeveless jacket.

15. What are the finest birds to eat?
(a) Dark ibis.
(b) Guinea hen.
(c) Teal.
(d) Rose-coloured flamingo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway's tribe do with oryx horns?

2. Which name does the hunting party find irritating?

3. What denotes extreme emotion in the Masai handshake?

4. Who rows with Hemingway while hunting zebra?

5. What do you have to take your shirt off to kill?

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