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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alerts Karl and Dan to the rhino just outside of camp?
(a) They see its horn above the grass.
(b) They hear its grunt.
(c) They hear a loud rustling in the grass.
(d) A group of tick birds suddenly take flight.

2. Why is Pop unsure whether or not Hemingway has shot the rhino?
(a) Hemingway is a bad shot.
(b) The rhino was too fast.
(c) He think's that Mama made the shot.
(d) It was a very long shot.

3. What animal would Hemingway prefer instead of a rhino?
(a) An oryx.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A wildebeest.
(d) A kudu bull.

4. What abbreviated name does Hemingway call his father?
(a) The P.O.M.
(b) Mr. J.P.
(c) The P.O.P.
(d) Mr P.O.M.

5. What type of dog would the P.O.M. prefer to be?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A little terrier.
(c) A greyhound.
(d) A wolfhound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway say is more difficult than poetry?

2. What are Nyati?

3. What weapon is Hemingway using to hunt the greater kudu bulls?

4. Why were the trees at the edge of Droopy's country girdled?

5. What do the poor people that travelling westward wear?

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