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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. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?
(a) His right leg
(b) His left arm
(c) His right arm
(d) His left leg

2. Where is Monte Corona located?
(a) Portugal
(b) Spain
(c) Italy
(d) Austria

3. What term does the narrator use in describing the police that followed the deserter to the woodcutter’s cabin in Harry’s flashback?
(a) Gendarmes
(b) Pulapol
(c) Mercenaries
(d) Patrol

4. What kind of tree is Harry’s cot described as sitting under in the beginning of the story?
(a) A coconut tree
(b) A palm tree
(c) A beech tree
(d) A mimosa tree

5. In one of Harry’s flashbacks, he recalls talking to a member of the Kaiser Jägers above the saw-mill about the attack on Perticara and where?
(a) Asalone
(b) Naples
(c) Paris
(d) Cairo

Short Answer Questions

1. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?

2. What kind of African equids does Harry see when he looks out over the plains in the beginning of the story?

3. When Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that he’s not going to die, he responds by saying, “Don’t be silly. I’m dying now. Ask those bastards.” What does Harry point to when he says this?

4. Of Harry’s friends, the narrator says, “The people he knew now were all much more comfortable when he did not” what?

5. The woman that Harry took “away from a British gunner subaltern after a row” in one of his flashbacks is described as being from where?

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