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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In his first flashbacks of memory, Harry recalls “looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains in” what country?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Peru
(c) The United States
(d) Bulgaria

3. 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?
(a) Argentina
(b) Armenia
(c) Brazil
(d) Germany

4. Many claim that the Dada movement began where?
(a) Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(b) Milan, Italy
(c) Zurich, Switzerland
(d) New York, New York

5. What kind of hat is Compton described as wearing at the end of the story?
(a) A black top hat
(b) A brown felt hat
(c) A blue fedora
(d) A grey safari hat

6. What drinks do Harry and his companion have after she’s returned from hunting in the evening?
(a) Manhattans
(b) Rum-sodas
(c) Gin-and-gingers
(d) Whiskey-sodas

7. Harry and the woman are waiting for the arrival of what in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) A cargo train
(b) An Army vehicle
(c) A rescue ship
(d) A rescue plane

8. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
(a) The Café Royal Hotel
(b) The Hotel II Salviatino
(c) The Pavillion Henri-Quatre
(d) The Hôtel de Crillon

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

10. 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 flies
(c) The hyenas
(d) The vultures

11. Of what does Harry’s companion say “That’s the good destruction. That’s the way we’re made to be destroyed”?
(a) In the press
(b) In bed
(c) In warfare
(d) In love

12. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of the story to refer to a type of African gazelles?
(a) Egrets
(b) Hyenas
(c) Tommies
(d) Ngalis

13. When Harry and his companion begin arguing in the story, he tells her that what were his sword and his armor?
(a) Her love
(b) Her passion
(c) Her money
(d) Their children

14. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?
(a) Whiskey-soda
(b) Ginger ale
(c) Lemonade
(d) Rum and soda

15. Where does Harry describe renting a trout stream after the war as his companion dictates?
(a) The Redwood Forest
(b) The White Forest
(c) The Black Forest
(d) The Aspen Forest

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does the author assert the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as in the author’s preface to the story?

2. 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”?

3. 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?

4. What does Harry’s mistress repeatedly ask him if he’d like her to do in the beginning of the story?

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

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