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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 is the tragedian of the party?
(a) Abdullah the tracker.
(b) Molo.
(c) Karl.
(d) Garrick.

2. What does Hemingway's tribe do with oryx horns?
(a) Gives them to the local charity.
(b) Gives them to their wealthiest friends.
(c) Trades them for supplies.
(d) Sells them to the highest bidder.

3. Why do they not shoot the enormous manamouki kudu they find?
(a) It is too big for them to kill.
(b) It is actually a cow.
(c) They cannot keep up with it.
(d) It has not yet grown into a doumi.

4. Where is the new country they head to in search of unsophisticated kudu?
(a) Kondoa.
(b) Handeni.
(c) Mount Kenya.
(d) M'Cola's country.

5. Where on the first kudu is there a white chevron?
(a) Between its ears.
(b) On its long legs.
(c) At the tip of its muzzle.
(d) Between its eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which comedian's work does the hunting party compare to?

2. What did Mama not know about Pop?

3. Which item of Hemingway's clothing does M'cola take?

4. What have you got to be careful of when hunting sable bull?

5. How does the larger kudu bull killed by Hemingway compare to Karl's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the return of Karl with his first kudu affect the camp?

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

3. What breaks the author's resolve to pursue the second sable bull?

4. How does Karl end up with the right to hunt the salt lick?

5. What are the consequences of the stampede?

6. What is the significance of the overnight rain?

7. What causes the tense confrontation between Karl and the author?

8. How does discovery of the slain kudu surprise the author?

9. How is The Roman able to assist the hunt?

10. How does the author come to meet The Roman?

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