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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 suggest is wrong with Kandisky's broken down car?
(a) A leaking radiator.
(b) There is a loose fan belt.
(c) The engine has a timing knock.
(d) The fuel pump is faulty.

2. What is a Shamba?
(a) It is the leader of the kudu bulls.
(b) A person who raises a sisal.
(c) A plantation.
(d) It is a disease.

3. Why does Hemingway not shoot the kuro in his sights?
(a) He already has the head and it doesn't impress him.
(b) The meat is worthless and he already has the head.
(c) He has already shot too many.
(d) Droopy tells him not to.

4. What was Hemingway confident of when he used the 470?
(a) It would be noisy.
(b) He would hit the target.
(c) It would be relatively quiet.
(d) Reloading it would be quick.

5. Whose shot actually kills the first Lion?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) The P.O.M.
(c) M'cola.
(d) Charo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does everyone believe shot the first Lion?

2. What woman does Hemingway consider no longer beautiful?

3. Who was M'Cola's favourite until their licence ran out?

4. What type of gun is Pop carrying?

5. What does Droopy do as a precaution before he goes to find the rhino?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author manage to detect the rhino before his trackers do?

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

3. What are the author's thoughts about Charo at this stage?

4. Why does the author have tension with M'cola?

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

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

7. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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