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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who argues with the Secretary about whether or not there is snow on the mountains in Harry’s flashback in the beginning of the story?
(a) Hans
(b) Nansen
(c) Herr Lent
(d) Molo

2. The narrator says of Harry’s female companion that she liked to read in the evening before dinner and she drank what while she read?
(a) Wine
(b) Tea
(c) Scotch and soda
(d) Rum and soda

3. What do the two boys have slung and carry as they follow Harry’s companion back to the camp when she returns in the evening?
(a) A cougar
(b) A Tommie
(c) A zebra
(d) A lion

4. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?
(a) Africa
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) Wyoming

5. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?
(a) Memsahib
(b) Binata
(c) Abayomi
(d) Abasi

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Harry think, “You said that you could write about these people; that you were not really of them but a spy in their country”?

2. The Hôtel de Crillon is located at the foot of what famous street?

3. What drinks do Harry and his companion have after she’s returned from hunting in the evening?

4. How is the chore boy described that was left at the ranch and told not to let anyone get any hay in Harry’s recollections?

5. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of the story to refer to a type of African gazelles?

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