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

2. How far does Harry recall driving by sled to town with the chore boy and the corpse of the man that beat the chore boy in his memories of the ranch?
(a) 30 miles
(b) 60 miles
(c) 20 miles
(d) 10 miles

3. The Hôtel de Crillon is located at the foot of what famous street?
(a) Boulevard Haussmann
(b) The Rue de Passy
(c) The Champs-Élysées
(d) The Rue de Rennes

4. Who argues with the Secretary about whether or not there is snow on the mountains in Harry’s flashback in the beginning of the story?
(a) Herr Lent
(b) Nansen
(c) Molo
(d) Hans

5. What does Harry recall giving Williamson instead of shooting him when Williamson was dying from his injuries?
(a) All his morphine pills
(b) A love letter from his wife
(c) A bottle of whiskey
(d) His own rifle

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harry’s mistress says in the beginning of the story, “Please tell me what I can do,” Harry responds that she can take his leg off or do what?

2. 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?

3. By what name does Harry refer to his companion’s “people” during their argument in the beginning of the story?

4. The woman that Harry took “away from a British gunner subaltern after a row” in one of his flashbacks is described as being from where?

5. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

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