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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have you got to be careful of when hunting sable bull?
(a) How you walk up to him.
(b) Nothing at all, they are just like kudu.
(c) Where you shoot him.
(d) Watch out for him charging you.

2. What poisons Hemingway's hunting plans?
(a) The presence of Garrick.
(b) Not enough bullets.
(c) Drinking spoilt beer.
(d) Being hungover from whiskey.

3. What did Karl find on his rhino carcass the next morning?
(a) A swarm of Tsetse flies.
(b) A marvellous leopard.
(c) Rose-coloured flamingoes.
(d) A huge lion.

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

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

6. The gerenuk are similar to what insect?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) Tsetse flies.
(c) A camel fly.
(d) Praying mantis.

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

8. What is beautiful for a while but then goes bad?
(a) A French riot.
(b) Smoking a cuban cigar.
(c) Marriage to a Turkish wife.
(d) A revolution.

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

10. What happened to Dan at Kibaya?
(a) A lion nearly got him.
(b) He shot a prize oryx.
(c) He found his wife.
(d) A kudu charged him.

11. Where is the new country they head to in search of unsophisticated kudu?
(a) Mount Kenya.
(b) Kondoa.
(c) Handeni.
(d) M'Cola's country.

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

13. What does Hemingway believe has scared away the kudu?
(a) The bad weather.
(b) American women.
(c) A shenzi.
(d) The Austrian's lorry.

14. When does Hemingway's tribe always shoot twice?
(a) Early afternoon.
(b) The morning.
(c) Late in the evening.
(d) At lunch time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do animals on a plain feed differently from those in the woods?

2. What is a Kidogo?

3. Who is becoming increasingly obsessed with finding kudu?

4. Why is the warthog so exciting?

5. What is the issue they have with Karl's first kudu bull?

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