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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. The name of the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro translates to what in English, according to the author’s preface to the story?
(a) The Palace of Kings
(b) The Scaffold of Life
(c) The Den of the Dragon
(d) The House of God

2. How did the chore boy kill the man that beat him in Harry’s memories from the ranch?
(a) He hung him
(b) He poisoned him
(c) He drowned him
(d) He shot him

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

4. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) Anna
(b) Marie
(c) Helen
(d) Sara

5. As his companion dictates, Harry describes renting a trout stream after the war and says there were two ways to walk it. One was down the valley from where?
(a) Triberg
(b) Steyr
(c) Enns
(d) Liezen

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry’s companion says in the beginning of the story, “I said I’d go anywhere you wanted. If you wanted to shoot we could have gone shooting” where?

2. Harry recalls that Williamson was hit by a stick bomb thrown by someone in what kind of patrol in his flashbacks?

3. When Harry apologizes and tells his companion that he’s never loved anyone else the way he loved her, the narrator comments, “He slipped into the familiar lie he made” what by?

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

5. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In what ways is Harry’s flight seen as a hopeful ending to the story?

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

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

5. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?

6. What is the emotional state of Harry’s companion in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

7. What are the details of the letter Harry recalls sending to New York in the story?

8. What does Harry feel incapable of expressing in words when he dictates to the woman in the story?

9. Describe Harry’s memory of the officer named Williamson. What did Harry give Williamson?

10. How are Harry’s memories in the story related to the image depicted in the author’s preface?

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