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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry tells the woman that the first thing he did to deserve his fate was not putting what on his wound when he first scratched himself?
(a) A bandage
(b) Alcohol
(c) Peroxide
(d) Iodine

2. The narrator says of Harry’s female companion that she “loved him dearly as a writer, as a man, as a companion and as” what?
(a) A humble servant
(b) A husband
(c) A provider
(d) A proud possession

3. What does the German word “jäger” translate to in English?
(a) Doctor
(b) Drink
(c) Priest
(d) Hunter

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

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

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

7. What river runs through Paris?
(a) The River Thames
(b) The River Seine
(c) The River Elise
(d) The River Esplanade

8. The narrator says that Harry planned this safari in the hopes that he could burn what off his soul in “the way a fighter went to the mountains to work and train in order to burn it out of his body”?
(a) Sloth
(b) Damage
(c) Fat
(d) Weakness

9. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?
(a) His mind and heart
(b) A suit and tie
(c) A hammer and nail
(d) A pen or a pencil

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

11. What does Harry recall “them” giving the deserter who arrived with the police right behind him in his flashback to living at the woodcutter’s house?
(a) A blanket
(b) A rifle
(c) Wool socks
(d) A thrashing

12. The narrator says of Harry in the story, “Now if this was how it ended, and he knew it was, he must not turn like some snake biting itself because” of what reason?
(a) It was starving to death
(b) Its back was broken
(c) It feared itself
(d) It was cold

13. 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 schoolteacher
(b) A ski instructor
(c) A hotel proprietor
(d) A butcher

14. Where was Tristan Tzara born?
(a) Russia
(b) Germany
(c) Romania
(d) The United States

15. As Harry describes his past for his companion to dictate in the second half of the story, he describes the husband of the woman who ran the Bal Musette as having what occupation?
(a) He was a military general
(b) He was a butcher
(c) He was a taxidermist
(d) He was a taxi driver

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns from hunting, “The boys have the wood all ready and the grass to make” what?

2. As Harry dies in the end of the story, his female companion is dreaming about the house located where?

3. Harry notes to the woman in the beginning of the story that this is the first time the vultures have done what?

4. In one of Harry’s flashbacks, he recalls talking to a member of the Kaiser Jägers above the saw-mill about the attack on Perticara and where?

5. When recalling his first, lost love, Harry recalls writing her a letter and sending it where?

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