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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. Of Harry’s companion, the narrator says, “She loved anything that was exciting, that involved a change of scene, where there were new people and where things were” what?
(a) A struggle
(b) Complicated
(c) Interesting
(d) Pleasant

2. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?
(a) Rum and soda
(b) Lemonade
(c) Whiskey-soda
(d) Ginger ale

3. Harry’s companion says in the beginning of the story, “I said I’d go anywhere you wanted. If you wanted to shoot we could have gone shooting” where?
(a) In Hungary
(b) In Germany
(c) In Canada
(d) In Wyoming

4. Of death, Harry says in the beginning of the story, “The remarkable thing is that it’s” what?
(a) Chilling
(b) Frightening
(c) Cold
(d) Painless

5. What kind of African equids does Harry see when he looks out over the plains in the beginning of the story?
(a) Alpacas
(b) Camels
(c) Lemurs
(d) Zebras

Short Answer Questions

1. Vorarlberg is located in what current nation?

2. 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?

3. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?

4. What does Harry regret having done “so much that he blunted the edge of his perceptions”?

5. Harry tells his mistress in the story, “Love is a dunghill. And I’m the” what?

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