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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 does Garrick stay behind for the late afternoon hunt?

2. What is the only difference between Galicia and Handeni?

3. What makes Hemingway anxious to hunt with only one hour of light left?

4. What is the single thing that lasts?

5. What is a shenzi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the arrival of the elderly native hunter?

2. What does this new country reveal to the author?

3. How does discovery of the slain kudu surprise the author?

4. What is the significance of the overnight rain?

5. How does the author come to meet The Roman?

6. How is the author affected by his confrontation with Karl?

7. How does Karl end up with the right to hunt the salt lick?

8. What is said between he author and Pop in their alcohol fueled conversation?

9. How is the author's confidence affected by his successful kudu hunt?

10. What causes the tense confrontation between Karl and the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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