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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 alerts Karl and Dan to the rhino just outside of camp?

2. Who does M'Cola consider the old men in the party?

3. What nickname does Hemingway use for his wife?

4. Why can the hunting party not get above ridges of hills as they hunt the rhino?

5. What are Nyati?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does this camp in the hunt for kudu?

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

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

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

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

6. How do Kandinsky and Hemingway meet?

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

8. How does the Tolstoy book the author read affect him?

9. How does the author, Pop and Mama initially react to the shooting of the first rhino?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the narrative's chronological setting. What were the main concerns during this period? How does the author express these concerns? What would change if the narrative were set today?

Essay Topic 2

What does Hemingway's failure to get a sable bull symbolize? What does it say about Hemingway's character that he vows to return?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the differences between Hemingway and Karl. How are their approaches different? What are their strengths and weaknesses as hunters?

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