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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 solemnly look at each morning?
(a) His wife's face.
(b) The rising sun.
(c) The Southern Cross.
(d) His own reflection.

2. What is the issue they have with Karl's first kudu bull?
(a) He won't let them take pictures of it.
(b) He takes too many shots to kill it.
(c) It is not attractive.
(d) It is not big enough.

3. What did Hemingway's lucky shot do to the oryx?
(a) Killed the animal instantly.
(b) Went right between its eyes.
(c) Snapped its neck.
(d) Broke its leg.

4. 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) They cannot keep up with it.
(d) It is actually a cow.

5. What makes Hemingway anxious to hunt with only one hour of light left?
(a) Garrick recommends it.
(b) The last hour can be the best hour.
(c) He is scared of catching a disease at camp.
(d) The Roman thinks that there will be rain the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the elephant down south so big?

2. Who is becoming increasingly obsessed with finding kudu?

3. Why do they not shoot the flock of fine guineas?

4. What does a principal Somali cattle buyer carry?

5. What headdress does Garrick wear to the annoyance of Hemingway?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the presence of Garrick affect the hunt?

2. What time period does the narrative return to?

3. What is the significance of the overnight rain?

4. How does the second sable bull elude the hunting party?

5. What is said between he author and Pop in their alcohol fueled conversation?

6. What are the consequences of the stampede?

7. Why does The Roman's brother join the author's hunting party?

8. Does Pop's earlier advice have any effect on the hunt?

9. What does this new country reveal to the author?

10. What effect does this realization have upon the author?

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