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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. Who never swallows his saliva until sunset during Ramadan?
(a) M'cola.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Charo.
(d) The Memsahib.

2. How does Karl's rhino compare to Hemingway's?
(a) It is half the age.
(b) It is twice the age.
(c) It is half the size.
(d) It is twice the size.

3. Where would you go for big rhino?
(a) Lake Manyara.
(b) The Rift Valley.
(c) Handeni country.
(d) Mount Kenya.

4. What does it mean when a tracker says Kufa?
(a) Dead.
(b) Wounded.
(c) Alive.
(d) The shot missed.

5. Why were the trees at the edge of Droopy's country girdled?
(a) To attract the rhino.
(b) To kill the tsetse flies.
(c) To scare off leopards.
(d) To welcome nearby hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape are a Kudu Bull's tracks?

2. What type of hat is Hemingway wearing?

3. Who should not have come in search of the wounded buffalo?

4. Who is described as having thin Chinese hairs at the corners of his mouth?

5. What nickname does Hemingway use for his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What effect does this camp in the hunt for kudu?

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

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

8. How successful is their search?

9. How does the author, Pop and Mama initially react to the shooting of the first rhino?

10. What is Hemingway's opinion of American writing?

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