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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. Who does Harry recall as being poor and having been in “romantic awe of him” in his flashbacks to his past?
(a) Nansen
(b) Hans
(c) Molo
(d) Julian

2. As his companion dictates, Harry describes renting a trout stream after the war. Harry says that what individual had a fine fishing season that year?
(a) A ski instructor
(b) A schoolteacher
(c) A butcher
(d) A hotel proprietor

3. What French word does the narrator use to describe drunkenness in the narrative?
(a) Verlan
(b) Louchébem
(c) Klezmer-loshn
(d) Ivresse

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?
(a) A lion
(b) A Tommie
(c) A zebra
(d) A cougar

5. What happened to the log house that Harry describes to his companion as she dictates in the second half of the story?
(a) It was foreclosed by the bank
(b) It burned down
(c) It was sold
(d) It was flooded in a storm

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago was it that Harry scratched himself, leading ultimately to his current condition?

2. Compton watches for holes made by what animals as he prepares to take off in the plane at the end of the story?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?

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