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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 death, Harry says in the beginning of the story, “The remarkable thing is that it’s” what?
(a) Cold
(b) Painless
(c) Frightening
(d) Chilling

2. When Harry offers Compton breakfast at the end of the story, Compton only accepts what?
(a) Coffee
(b) Bacon
(c) Eggs
(d) Tea

3. In Harry’s flashback to living in the woodcutter’s house, what large porcelain object is described as filling half the room?
(a) A bed stand
(b) A stove
(c) A bathtub
(d) A table

4. Of whom does Harry think, “You said that you could write about these people; that you were not really of them but a spy in their country”?
(a) The very poor
(b) The very weak-minded
(c) The very noble
(d) The very rich

5. What is the name of the African servant to Harry and his mistress in the story?
(a) Bwana
(b) Hans
(c) Molo
(d) Nansen

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Monte Corona located?

3. What term does the narrator use in describing the police that followed the deserter to the woodcutter’s cabin in Harry’s flashback?

4. One of Harry’s flashbacks describes a trip for Anatolia. On this trip, Harry remembers making an attack with the newly arrived officers from where?

5. What decorative object does Harry describe outside the Boucherie Chevaline when he dictates to his companion in the latter part of the story?

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