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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 are they travelling away from?
(a) The famine.
(b) The rains from the south.
(c) A stampede of kudu bulls.
(d) The heat.

2. Who was M'Cola's favourite until their licence ran out?
(a) No one.
(b) Mama.
(c) Karl.
(d) Hemingway.

3. What did the thorn tree with yellow blossoms mark?
(a) The spot where they had seen the rhino fighting.
(b) The place they had seen the rhino enter the forest.
(c) The place they had seen the Rhino the night before.
(d) The spot where they had first seen the rhino come out.

4. Who was meant to wear the U.S. Army khaki tunic given away by Pop?
(a) Droopy.
(b) M'cola.
(c) Charo.
(d) Hemingway.

5. What type of hat is Hemingway wearing?
(a) A Stetson.
(b) A Tyrolese.
(c) He is not wearing a hat.
(d) A fedora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?

2. Which book is Hemingway reading The Cossacks from?

3. What nickname does Hemingway use for his wife?

4. What shape are a Kudu Bull's tracks?

5. Why did they not attack the Rhino on first sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author have tension with M'cola?

2. What happens when the author returns to camp with his rhino?

3. How are the author and his wife affected by the sound of the dying buffalo?

4. What reason does Droopy give for stopping Hemingway shooting the rhino?

5. What reasons does Hemingway give for tracking the lion?

6. Why does the author shoot his oryx without first consulting Karl?

7. What does Kandinsky say to Hemingway when he first meets him?

8. What is the significance of Tolstoy on this trip?

9. What is Karl's mood when the party encounters him again?

10. What effect does the group's lion hunt have on the hunting party?

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