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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’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?
(a) The mosquitoes
(b) The hyenas
(c) The flies
(d) The vultures

2. 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) Douglas firs
(c) Redwood trees
(d) Jefferson pines

3. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?
(a) Ginever
(b) Vodka
(c) Schnapps
(d) Kirsch

4. Who does Harry consider “were dull and they drank too much, or they played too much backgammon”?
(a) Americans
(b) Europeans
(c) The rich
(d) Women

5. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that Black’s Medical Dictionary says that what is bad for him in his condition?
(a) Alcohol
(b) Laying still
(c) Talking
(d) Antibiotics

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harry and his companion begin arguing in the story, he tells her that what were his sword and his armor?

2. What is Harry’s mistress’s reply when he says in the beginning of the story, “I don’t want to move. There is no sense in moving now except to make it easier for you”?

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

4. 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?

5. Where is Monte Corona located?

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