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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?
(a) The government’s greed
(b) His lack of education
(c) His adulterous affairs
(d) This shortening of hours

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

3. When recalling his first, lost love, Harry recalls writing to tell her that he thought he saw her outside of what location and “it made him go all faint and sick inside”?
(a) The Capital
(b) The Regence
(c) The Pentagon
(d) The Louvre

4. Harry recalls that Williamson was hit by a stick bomb thrown by someone in what kind of patrol in his flashbacks?
(a) A Japanese patrol
(b) A German patrol
(c) A British patrol
(d) A French patrol

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

6. Who is described in a flashback of Christmas day as having “flown across the lines to bomb the Austrian officers' leave train, machine-gunning them as they scattered and ran”?
(a) Compton
(b) Williamson
(c) Julian
(d) Barker

7. Harry claims that the man whom they hired to check out the truck didn’t check what?
(a) The tires
(b) The gas
(c) The axle
(d) The oil

8. The author’s preface to “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” states that Mount Kilimanjaro is how many feet high?
(a) 19,710
(b) 20,325
(c) 18,210
(d) 15,356

9. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in what country currently?
(a) Mali
(b) Nigeria
(c) Namibia
(d) Tanzania

10. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?
(a) Drink and gambling
(b) Bad music
(c) Women and sex
(d) Fantastic shows

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

12. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?
(a) His right leg
(b) His left leg
(c) His left arm
(d) His right arm

13. 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) 10 miles
(c) 60 miles
(d) 20 miles

14. By what name does the African servant call Harry?
(a) Moco’o.
(b) Tamgu
(c) Bwana
(d) Mbanza

15. The narrator refers to Harry’s mistress as the “kindly caretaker and destroyer of” what?
(a) His manhood
(b) His talent
(c) His lust
(d) His ego

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Harry in the beginning of the story that “he had no pain and with the pain the horror had gone and all he felt now was a great tiredness and” what?

2. When describing his past to his companion who dictates, Harry describes the people of the Place Contrescarpe as being of two kinds: the drunkards and the what?

3. 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?

4. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?

5. The narrator says of Harry’s female companion that she liked to read in the evening before dinner and she drank what while she read?

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