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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where on the first kudu is there a white chevron?
(a) Between its ears.
(b) At the tip of its muzzle.
(c) On its long legs.
(d) Between its eyes.

2. What will Karl always beat Hemingway at?
(a) Impala hunting.
(b) Catching birds.
(c) Where there is luck involved.
(d) Bushbuck hunting.

3. Who is as accurate as an historian?
(a) Columbus.
(b) A history student.
(c) A well-inflated dog.
(d) A garbage picker.

4. When does Hemingway's tribe always shoot twice?
(a) The morning.
(b) At lunch time.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Late in the evening.

5. Why is Hemingway so against making camp where The Roman suggests?
(a) There is no fence to protect them.
(b) The area if full of chickens.
(c) He is scared of bugs.
(d) He doesn't trust The Roman.

6. Who rows with Hemingway while hunting zebra?
(a) M'Cola.
(b) Pop.
(c) Mama.
(d) Karl.

7. What is the single thing that lasts?
(a) Worn light bulbs of our discoveries.
(b) The stream.
(c) Empty condoms of our great loves.
(d) The clear and blue coast.

8. What headdress does Garrick wear to the annoyance of Hemingway?
(a) Rose-colored flamingo plume.
(b) A hat made of locusts.
(c) Black and white ostrich plume.
(d) Black kudu bull horns.

9. What denotes extreme emotion in the Masai handshake?
(a) The pulling of the middle finger.
(b) The pulling of the thumb.
(c) The pulling of the index finger.
(d) The pulling of the pinkie finger.

10. What does P.O.M. get the men to talk about?
(a) World topics.
(b) More kudu hunting.
(c) Leather pants.
(d) The inadequacy of modern writers.

11. What makes Hemingway anxious to hunt with only one hour of light left?
(a) The Roman thinks that there will be rain the next day.
(b) He is scared of catching a disease at camp.
(c) Garrick recommends it.
(d) The last hour can be the best hour.

12. What have you got to be careful of when hunting sable bull?
(a) How you walk up to him.
(b) Watch out for him charging you.
(c) Where you shoot him.
(d) Nothing at all, they are just like kudu.

13. Why does Hemingway instruct Kamau to drive faster?
(a) They are rushed and out of time.
(b) He is annoyed by the presence of the Masai.
(c) He enjoys the thrill of riding in a fast car.
(d) To save the Masai from humiliation.

14. What did Mama not know about Pop?
(a) He has traveled to Alaska.
(b) He writes.
(c) He once lived in Nairobi.
(d) He is actually English.

15. Why do they not shoot the enormous manamouki kudu they find?
(a) It is actually a cow.
(b) It is too big for them to kill.
(c) It has not yet grown into a doumi.
(d) They cannot keep up with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is best to do in the morning before the sun comes out?

2. What are the finest birds to eat?

3. Why do they not shoot the flock of fine guineas?

4. Which item of Hemingway's clothing does M'cola take?

5. What impresses the Roman most about Hemingway's drinking?

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