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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. When Harry first drifts into the flashback of his memories in the story, he sees in his mind a railway station in Karagatch. In what country is Karagatch located?
(a) Turkey
(b) Spain
(c) Russia
(d) Germany

2. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living and writing in Paris in a top room of a hotel where he paid how much per month?
(a) 10 francs
(b) 100 francs
(c) 60 francs
(d) 50 francs

3. 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

4. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
(a) The Hotel II Salviatino
(b) The Café Royal Hotel
(c) The Hôtel de Crillon
(d) The Pavillion Henri-Quatre

5. Of his female companion, Harry thinks to himself as she returns to camp, “she was not pretty, but he liked her” what?
(a) Hands
(b) Face
(c) Back
(d) Lips

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?

3. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living in an apartment where you could see the wood and coal man’s place. What did the wood and coal man also sell?

4. Where does Harry recall living at Christmas in a woodcutter’s house?

5. What is the name of the African servant to Harry and his mistress in the story?

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