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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 says that he and his mistress hired whom instead of a good mechanic?
(a) A swindler from Europe
(b) A drunken lorry driver
(c) A half-baked Kikuyu driver
(d) A voodoo goddess

2. When Harry thinks back to the railway station in Karagatch, he recalls that he was leaving what geographical area after the retreat?
(a) Illyria
(b) Scythia
(c) Macedonia
(d) Thrace

3. What does Harry say was burned out of the truck when arguing with his companion in the beginning of the story?
(a) A piston
(b) A valve
(c) A bearing
(d) A belt

4. As Harry dies in the end of the story, his female companion is dreaming about the house located where?
(a) London
(b) New Hampshire
(c) Paris
(d) Long Island

5. In one flashback, Harry recalls “the man who had the fox to sell when they had walked into” what town?
(a) St. Gallen
(b) Feidkirch
(c) Kappl
(d) Bludenz

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?

2. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?

3. What kind of hat is Compton described as wearing at the end of the story?

4. Harry tells his companion in the evening as they sit by the fire, “You know the only thing I've never lost is” what?

5. When describing his past to his companion who dictates, Harry describes the people of the Place Contrescarpe as being of two kinds: the drunkards and the what?

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