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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Compton tells Harry at the end of the story that he’ll have to stop where to refuel?
(a) Arusha
(b) Cairo
(c) Zurich
(d) Paris

4. It is noted of Harry’s past, “It was strange, too, wasn't it, that when he fell in love with another woman, that woman should always have more” what “than the last one?”
(a) Money
(b) Intelligence
(c) Beauty
(d) Talent

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. 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?

4. Harry tells the woman in the beginning of the story that the vultures appeared the day that what happened?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is related to the reader in the author’s brief preface prior to the opening of the story?

2. What sound awakens the woman after Harry’s death? What does she do?

3. How is the theme of death illustrated in the ending of the story? What is ironic about this depiction?

4. Why does Harry berate himself as he sits alone after awakening from his nap in the story?

5. How does Harry’s female companion say she feels about Africa in the story?

6. How does Harry’s behavior toward the woman progress as he drinks before falling asleep in the narrative?

7. How would you describe the narrator of the story? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient?

8. What thoughts does Harry have about his past relationships to the “very rich”? What does this past have to do with Harry’s decision to come to Africa?

9. What is revealed about the central characters of the story based solely on the opening dialogue in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

10. How does Harry explain the circumstances that have led him to this fate?

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