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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1.
(a) She is the apple of his eye.
(b) She is too much trouble.
(c) It is like a second wife.
(d) It is his life's joy.
2. What type of hat is Hemingway wearing?
(a) A Tyrolese.
(b) He is not wearing a hat.
(c) A Stetson.
(d) A fedora.
3. Who does everyone believe shot the first Lion?
(a) Karl.
(b) Mama.
(c) Charo.
(d) Hemingway.
4. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?
(a) He is told to hunt meat.
(b) He will now hunt the oryx.
(c) He is told to hunt kongoni.
(d) He is told to hunt kudu.
5. What gives away their presence to the rhino?
(a) Their tracks along the tunnel.
(b) The scent of their skin.
(c) The sound made by their shooting.
(d) The noise they make walking through the reeds.
6. How does Hemingway know he has killed the bull before he has even seen it?
(a) Confidence in his shooting ability.
(b) Pop sees the shot hit it in the shoulder.
(c) The bull makes no sound.
(d) The sound of its bellow.
7. Why are the rhinos so hard to find?
(a) They are too small.
(b) They are very shy.
(c) They are very fast.
(d) They are well camouflaged.
8. What is it that confirms that Hemingway successfully shot the rhino?
(a) They find fresh blood on a grass blade.
(b) They heard the noise of the bullet hitting the rhinos hide.
(c) The rhino is suddenly quiet.
(d) The rhino barks really loudly.
9. Who wrote The Cornet?
(a) Joachim Ringelnatz.
(b) Valery.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Heinrich Mann.
10. What is the biggest hazard for Hemingway when shooting large animals?
(a) Too many handkerchiefs weighing his pockets down.
(b) His glasses fogging up.
(c) Not knowing where to shoot them.
(d) His unsteadiness after a climb.
11. Who was the only person happy for Karl?
(a) Karl himself.
(b) M'Cola.
(c) Dan.
(d) The skinner.
12. Who never swallows his saliva until sunset during Ramadan?
(a) The Memsahib.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Charo.
(d) M'cola.
13. What are Nyati?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Rhino.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Tsetse flies.
14. What was Hemingway confident of when he used the 470?
(a) Reloading it would be quick.
(b) It would be relatively quiet.
(c) He would hit the target.
(d) It would be noisy.
15. What is a Tembo?
(a) It is a lesser kudu bull.
(b) It is a rhino.
(c) It is an elephant.
(d) It is a greater giraffe.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Pop think is better off hunting by himself?
2. Who finds the group of eight buffalo?
3. What drink is the finest one there is?
4. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?
5. What type of dog would the P.O.M. prefer to be?
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