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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does P.O.M. get the men to talk about?
(a) The inadequacy of modern writers.
(b) More kudu hunting.
(c) Leather pants.
(d) World topics.

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

3. Who is becoming increasingly obsessed with finding kudu?
(a) M'Cola.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Karl.
(d) Pop.

4. Where is the first camp they had in Africa located?
(a) Kalal.
(b) M'utu-Umbu.
(c) Maji-Moto.
(d) Lake Manyara.

5. What is a shenzi?
(a) The hottest part of the day.
(b) A bad salt lick.
(c) The command to shut someone up.
(d) A wild man.

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

7. Why does Hemingway instruct Kamau to drive faster?
(a) He is annoyed by the presence of the Masai.
(b) To save the Masai from humiliation.
(c) He enjoys the thrill of riding in a fast car.
(d) They are rushed and out of time.

8. What denotes extreme emotion in the Masai handshake?
(a) The pulling of the pinkie finger.
(b) The pulling of the middle finger.
(c) The pulling of the thumb.
(d) The pulling of the index finger.

9. Who can tell the longest story?
(a) Carlos the Cuban.
(b) Garrick.
(c) Karl.
(d) The Roman.

10. What does the first kudu bull that Hemingway kills smell like?
(a) Sage in the spring.
(b) Thyme after rain.
(c) Rosemary in the sun.
(d) Marjoram in winter.

11. Which name does the hunting party find irritating?
(a) Mama Tziggi.
(b) B'wana Doktor.
(c) B'wana Simba.
(d) B'wana Fisi.

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

13. Why are the elephant down south so big?
(a) The region is an elephant sanctuary.
(b) Only big elephants migrate there.
(c) They are too hard to hunt.
(d) Food is more plentiful.

14. What is the only difference between Galicia and Handeni?
(a) The camel flies.
(b) The famine.
(c) The limestone outcropping.
(d) The buildings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a panga?

2. Where is the new country they head to in search of unsophisticated kudu?

3. What is beautiful for a while but then goes bad?

4. What does Hemingway believe has scared away the kudu?

5. What did Karl find on his rhino carcass the next morning?

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