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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. Harry scratched himself where on his body, leading to his current condition?
(a) His left elbow
(b) His right knee
(c) His right hand
(d) His left knee

2. What word meaning a cargo truck does Compton use when he arrives at the end of the story?
(a) Viaduct
(b) Catapult
(c) Vanguard
(d) Lorry

3. Perticara is a town located in what country?
(a) Italy
(b) Austria
(c) Belgium
(d) France

4. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) Sara
(b) Anna
(c) Helen
(d) Marie

5. Compton watches for holes made by what animals as he prepares to take off in the plane at the end of the story?
(a) Zebras
(b) Hyenas
(c) Boas
(d) Warthogs

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the flashbacks into Harry’s past delineated from the rest of the narrative in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

2. What does Harry say was burned out of the truck when arguing with his companion in the beginning of the story?

3. Harry recalls that Williamson was hit by a stick bomb thrown by someone in what kind of patrol in his flashbacks?

4. Of Harry, the narrator says, “He could beat anything, he thought, because nothing could hurt him if he” what?

5. 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”?

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