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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. Why did they not attack the Rhino on first sight?

2. What are the big native dance festivals also called?

3. Who finds the group of eight buffalo?

4. What does Pop tell Hemingway to also shoot?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the author's thoughts about Charo at this stage?

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

3. How successful is their search?

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

5. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The landscape is often described by Hemingway in his narrative. How does the landscape affect his experiences? What is the significance of the land to the narrative?

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