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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hemingway's wife think Von Lettow is bitter about?
(a) American women.
(b) The natives.
(c) The Aga Khan.
(d) The East Indians.

2. What does Hemingway tell the hunting party every night?
(a) That he is a fine bird shot.
(b) That he is an awful tracker.
(c) That he hates riding in cars.
(d) That he loves getting drunk.

3. What noise spooks the hunting party as they search for the wounded buffalo?
(a) A branch falling suddenly.
(b) Mama following them from behind.
(c) A rhino charging them from behind.
(d) The wounded buffalo crashing through the high grass.

4. Who was M'Cola's favourite until their licence ran out?
(a) Karl.
(b) Mama.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) No one.

5. Who does Hemingway's wife think is the greatest writer in America?
(a) Upton Sinclair.
(b) Valery.
(c) Sinclair Lewis.
(d) Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Hemingway use for his wife?

2. What type of gun is Pop carrying?

3. What does it mean when a tracker says Kufa?

4. Why is Hemingway worried about the 17th February?

5. What woman does Hemingway consider no longer beautiful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Karl's emotional state when he joins the author's hunting party?

2. How does the author initially react to seeing the new hunting country Droopy guides them to?

3. What affect does this new camp have on author and Karl?

4. What does Kandinsky say to Hemingway when he first meets him?

5. What reason does Droopy give for stopping Hemingway shooting the rhino?

6. What reasons does Hemingway give for tracking the lion?

7. How successful is their search?

8. What causes the hunting party to hunt so unusually long into the day?

9. What is Hemingway's relationship with M'cola like?

10. How are the author and his wife affected by the sound of the dying buffalo?

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