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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose shot actually kills the first Lion?

2. Who does M'Cola consider the old men in the party?

3. What type of war is the best for a writer?

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

5. What does M'Cola think is the funniest joke of them all?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the hunting party to hunt so unusually long into the day?

2. How does the Tolstoy book the author read affect him?

3. What happens when Kandinsky visits Hemingway's camp?

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

5. How successful is their search?

6. Why do the author and Pop refuse their baths?

7. How does the author manage to detect the rhino before his trackers do?

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

9. What opinions do the author, Pop and Mama reveal about Karl?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The landscape is often described by Hemingway in his narrative. How does the landscape affect his experiences? What is the significance of the land to the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the narrative's chronological setting. What were the main concerns during this period? How does the author express these concerns? What would change if the narrative were set today?

Essay Topic 3

Who does Hemingway suggest has influenced his life? What writers does he mention and why? What standing did Hemingway have in the Thirties as a writer?

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