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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 Abdullah do to the guineas that Hemingway shoots down to make them legal to eat?

2. What was the local guide chased by?

3. Who is described as having thin Chinese hairs at the corners of his mouth?

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

5. What does Hemingway suggest is wrong with Kandisky's broken down car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

6. What reasons does Hemingway give for tracking the lion?

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

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

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

10. What happens when the author returns to camp with his rhino?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Pop and P.O.M.. Examine how this relationship affects Hemingway. How does this compare to Hemingway's interaction with his wife?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Hemingway has differing rapport with each of the natives he encounters. Who does he like and why? Who does he not like and why?

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