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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 type of hat is Kandisky wearing when he first meets Hemingway?
(a) A tophat.
(b) A Tyrolese hat.
(c) An army beret.
(d) A Swahili hunting cap.

2. What is it that confirms that Hemingway successfully shot the rhino?
(a) The rhino barks really loudly.
(b) They find fresh blood on a grass blade.
(c) They heard the noise of the bullet hitting the rhinos hide.
(d) The rhino is suddenly quiet.

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

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

5. What is a Tembo?
(a) It is a rhino.
(b) It is an elephant.
(c) It is a lesser kudu bull.
(d) It is a greater giraffe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway believe scares away the greater kudu bulls and ruins the first hunt?

2. What gives away their presence to the rhino?

3. Why does Hemingway not shoot the kuro in his sights?

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

5. Who does Pop think is better off hunting by himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Karl's mood when the party encounters him again?

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

3. What effect does the group's lion hunt have on the hunting party?

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

5. What happens when Kandinsky visits Hemingway's camp?

6. How is the author surprised by the original wounded buffalo?

7. Why does the author shoot his oryx without first consulting Karl?

8. What opinions do the author, Pop and Mama reveal about Karl?

9. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

10. Why do the author and Pop refuse their baths?

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