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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 does Hemingway's wife think Von Lettow is bitter about?

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

3. Why is Hemingway worried about the 17th February?

4. Why does Hemingway not shoot the kuro in his sights?

5. What color is an old buffalo bull?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the author initially react to seeing the new hunting country Droopy guides them to?

6. What causes the hunting party to hunt so unusually long into the day?

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

8. How do the author and Karl finally bag their oryx?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was East Africa like in the Thirties for foreigners? How did this environment affect Hemingway? How does it affect the other characters? What impact does the climate have upon the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

What do the opening chapters say about Hemingway's character? What goals does Hemingway have to achieve? How close does Hemingway's character get to achieving those goals?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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