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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. Schwarzwald is a wooded mountain range located in the southwest of what country?
(a) Austria
(b) Russia
(c) Romania
(d) Germany

2. What decorative object does Harry describe outside the Boucherie Chevaline when he dictates to his companion in the latter part of the story?
(a) A golden horse’s head
(b) A silver goat’s head
(c) A brass cow’s head
(d) A golden wreath

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

4. What is Harry’s response when his companion says, “That's not fair. I love you now. I'll always love you. Don't you love me?”
(a) Yes, I want to marry you, sweetheart
(b) Yes, of course I love you, dear
(c) Once I loved you. I don’t know anymore
(d) No. I don’t think so. I never have

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Harry’s friends, the narrator says, “The people he knew now were all much more comfortable when he did not” what?

2. Compton watches for holes made by what animals as he prepares to take off in the plane at the end of the story?

3. The author notes in the preface to the story that the frozen carcass of what animal lies close to the western summit of Kilimanjaro?

4. 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”?

5. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories do Harry first recall through flashback in the story?

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

3. What does Harry think about when he awakens alone after a nap in the story? Where has his companion gone?

4. How is the theme of death depicted from the opening of the story?

5. What does the reader learn about Harry from his flashbacks to Paris? What authors are alluded to in this section?

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

7. What do you think the imagery at the end of the novel (when Harry is on the plane) represents?

8. What is the woman’s reasoning for going far from the camp to hunt in the story?

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

10. How is Harry’s flashback to the ranch described? What characters does Harry remember in this setting?

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