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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 happened to the log house that Harry describes to his companion as she dictates in the second half of the story?
(a) It was foreclosed by the bank
(b) It burned down
(c) It was flooded in a storm
(d) It was sold

2. In Harry’s flashback to fleeing from a British gunner subaltern with a woman, they spend the night together and the next morning Harry arrives where “with a black eye, carrying his coat because one sleeve was missing”?
(a) His wedding
(b) The Pera Palace
(c) Buckingham Palace
(d) The Officer’s Ball

3. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of the story to refer to a type of African gazelles?
(a) Ngalis
(b) Egrets
(c) Tommies
(d) Hyenas

4. In Harry’s flashback to living in the woodcutter’s house, what large porcelain object is described as filling half the room?
(a) A bed stand
(b) A bathtub
(c) A table
(d) A stove

5. How many winters does the narrator say Harry lived in the Arlberg?
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 4
(d) 3

Short Answer Questions

1. In Harry’s flashback to Schrunz on Christmas day, the narrator describes a glacier above what mountain huts?

2. One of Harry’s flashbacks describes a trip for Anatolia. On this trip, Harry remembers riding all day through fields of what kinds of flowers?

3. When Harry thinks back to the railway station in Karagatch, he recalls that he was leaving what geographical area after the retreat?

4. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?

5. On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author depict death in the beginning of the story? What are Harry’s feelings about death here as opposed to the story’s ending?

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

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

4. What was Harry doing when he became scratched by a thorn in the story? What is ironic about this situation and Harry’s ensuing ailment?

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

6. What imagery in the story forms its strongest symbolic element?

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

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

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

10. What happens in the narrative when the text transitions to italics for the first time?

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