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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) Pleasant
(d) Interesting

2. When Harry apologizes and tells his companion that he’s never loved anyone else the way he loved her, the narrator comments, “He slipped into the familiar lie he made” what by?
(a) His solicitations
(b) His novels
(c) His faithful reverie
(d) His bread and butter

3. In Harry’s flashback to the fighting in Anatolia, the narrator remarks, “That was the day he'd first seen dead men wearing white ballet skirts and upturned shoes with” what on them?
(a) Bullets
(b) Pompons
(c) Letters
(d) Buckles

4. Where is “that old bastard” from that Harry describes as having beaten the chore boy in Harry’s memories of the ranch?
(a) The Forks
(b) The Willows
(c) The Canyons
(d) The Prairies

5. When Harry begins dictating to his companion, he describes a log house on a hill above the lake. What kind of trees are described as running from the house to the dock?
(a) Lombardy poplars
(b) Redwood trees
(c) Jefferson pines
(d) Douglas firs

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sette Communi was a group of municipalities in the Veneto region that spoke what language?

2. One of Harry’s flashbacks describes a trip for Anatolia. On this trip, Harry remembers riding all day through fields of what kinds of flowers?

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

4. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?

5. Harry scratched himself where on his body, leading to his current condition?

(see the answer key)

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