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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of hat is Kandisky wearing when he first meets Hemingway?

2. What type of war is the best for a writer?

3. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?

4. What are they travelling away from?

5. Whose gun can Droopy not shoot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of Tolstoy on this trip?

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

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

7. How does the author compare M'cola and Droopy?

8. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

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

10. How do Kandinsky and Hemingway meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Hemingway is competitive? How does this impact on his relationship with Karl?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters and examine Hemingway's opinions of them at the start of the book. Compare how his feelings towards them have changed by the end of the narrative. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Hemingway so affected by the successes of Karl? Do the students think Hemingway treats Karl in a fair manner? To what extent does Hemingway feel a sense of guilt? What factors influence this guilt?

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