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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a shenzi?
(a) A wild man.
(b) The hottest part of the day.
(c) The command to shut someone up.
(d) A bad salt lick.
2. What happened to Dan at Kibaya?
(a) A kudu charged him.
(b) He found his wife.
(c) A lion nearly got him.
(d) He shot a prize oryx.
3. What is the only difference between Galicia and Handeni?
(a) The famine.
(b) The limestone outcropping.
(c) The buildings.
(d) The camel flies.
4. What does a principal Somali cattle buyer carry?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) Spears decorated with feathers.
(c) A Tyrolese hat.
(d) An orchard bush.
5. What are the finest birds to eat?
(a) Teal.
(b) Rose-coloured flamingo.
(c) Guinea hen.
(d) Dark ibis.
6. Where was the last time they had ducks?
(a) Kenya.
(b) The Serengeti.
(c) In Droopy's country.
(d) At the first camp.
7. How does the larger kudu bull killed by Hemingway compare to Karl's?
(a) Smaller but a more beautiful specimen.
(b) The same size.
(c) Twice as big.
(d) Thrice as big.
8. Why does Hemingway initially not watch M'cola skin the larger bull?
(a) He is trying to set up the camera quickly before the sun sets.
(b) M'cola is very rough when skinning.
(c) The sight of blood makes him ill.
(d) He wants to remember the bull as he first saw him.
9. What is the single thing that lasts?
(a) The clear and blue coast.
(b) Empty condoms of our great loves.
(c) The stream.
(d) Worn light bulbs of our discoveries.
10. Why does Hemingway instruct Kamau to drive faster?
(a) He enjoys the thrill of riding in a fast car.
(b) He is annoyed by the presence of the Masai.
(c) They are rushed and out of time.
(d) To save the Masai from humiliation.
11. What is an askari?
(a) A lesser kudu bull that escapes.
(b) The greater kudu bull that guards the lesser kudu.
(c) The lesser bull that guards the greater kudu.
(d) A greater kudu bull that escapes.
12. Why do they not shoot the enormous manamouki kudu they find?
(a) It has not yet grown into a doumi.
(b) It is too big for them to kill.
(c) It is actually a cow.
(d) They cannot keep up with it.
13. What is the most obvious difference between male and female sable?
(a) Only the male has horns.
(b) They are different colors.
(c) The male is a lot larger.
(d) Females have stripes.
14. What gift does the tallest Masai runner give them?
(a) A white rabbit.
(b) A feathered spear.
(c) A leather pouch filled with water.
(d) A lock of red-stained hair.
15. Where is the new country they head to in search of unsophisticated kudu?
(a) Handeni.
(b) Kondoa.
(c) Mount Kenya.
(d) M'Cola's country.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Hemingway hand the Springfield to M'cola?
2. What does P.O.M. get the men to talk about?
3. What will Karl always beat Hemingway at?
4. Why do M'Cola and Hemingway decide to turn back?
5. What is a panga?
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