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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. 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) Bludenz
(d) Kappl

2. What decorative object does Harry describe outside the Boucherie Chevaline when he dictates to his companion in the latter part of the story?
(a) A silver goat’s head
(b) A brass cow’s head
(c) A golden wreath
(d) A golden horse’s head

3. When Harry begins dictating to his companion, he describes a bell on a pole by the door of the log house used to do what?
(a) Warn of a bomb raid
(b) Frighten away bears
(c) Call the guards to their stations
(d) Call people in to meals

4. Near Harry and his mistress’s camp under the trees, the narrator describes a nearly dry water hole where what animals come to in the mornings?
(a) Vultures
(b) Sea eagles
(c) Sand grouse
(d) Elephants

5. What word, meaning a wine parlor, does the narrator use when describing the setting of Schrunz in Harry’s flashback?
(a) Vin de Syrah
(b) Vinlonge
(c) Weinstube
(d) Vinstube

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Harry’s companion say “That’s the good destruction. That’s the way we’re made to be destroyed”?

2. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?

3. Who does Harry consider “were dull and they drank too much, or they played too much backgammon”?

4. What do the two boys have slung and carry as they follow Harry’s companion back to the camp when she returns in the evening?

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

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