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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Harry first drifts into the flashback of his memories in the story, he sees in his mind a railway station in Karagatch. In what country is Karagatch located?
(a) Spain
(b) Russia
(c) Germany
(d) Turkey

4. What kind of African equids does Harry see when he looks out over the plains in the beginning of the story?
(a) Zebras
(b) Alpacas
(c) Camels
(d) Lemurs

5. How long ago was it that Harry scratched himself, leading ultimately to his current condition?
(a) 5 days ago
(b) 2 weeks ago
(c) 2 days ago
(d) 1 week ago

6. When was the Hôtel de Crillon opened in Paris?
(a) 1909
(b) 1825
(c) 1915
(d) 1925

7. The Rue Cardinal Lemoine is described as running in one direction to the river and in the other direction to the narrow crowded world of what street?
(a) The Rue des Ecoles
(b) The Rue de Rivoli
(c) The Rue Mouffetard
(d) The Rue de Gaillon

8. On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) Africa
(d) South America

9. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living in an apartment where you could see the wood and coal man’s place. What did the wood and coal man also sell?
(a) Butchered hens
(b) Bad wine
(c) Pigs
(d) Olives

10. Harry tells his companion in the evening as they sit by the fire, “You know the only thing I've never lost is” what?
(a) Curiosity
(b) Love
(c) Gratitude
(d) Talent

11. 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) Armenia
(b) Brazil
(c) Argentina
(d) Germany

12. Harry’s companion tells him early in the story that she wishes they’d gone to what city that Harry loves instead?
(a) To Paris
(b) To New York
(c) To Amsterdam
(d) To London

13. What war was Harry fighting in when he was in Anatolia?
(a) World War I
(b) The French and Spanish War
(c) World War II
(d) The Korean War

14. By what name does the author assert the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as in the author’s preface to the story?
(a) Ngaje Ngai
(b) Bakkie Bakvisse
(c) Befok Anties
(d) Aweh Baas

15. What does Harry say was burned out of the truck when arguing with his companion in the beginning of the story?
(a) A valve
(b) A belt
(c) A piston
(d) A bearing

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?

4. Who is described as Harry’s “femme de ménage” in his descriptions of Paris while dictating to his companion?

5. Of his female companion, Harry thinks to himself as she returns to camp, “she was not pretty, but he liked her” what?

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