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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harry tells the woman in the beginning of the story that the vultures appeared the day that what happened?
(a) The day the truck broke down
(b) The day they got engaged
(c) The day they arrived in Egypt
(d) The day they arrived in Africa

2. Of what does the narrator say Harry had sold “in one form or another, all his life and when your affections are not too involved you give much better value for the money”?
(a) Cowardice
(b) Lies
(c) Poetry
(d) Vitality

3. The narrator says of Harry in the story, “Now if this was how it ended, and he knew it was, he must not turn like some snake biting itself because” of what reason?
(a) It was cold
(b) Its back was broken
(c) It feared itself
(d) It was starving to death

4. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns with meat that she’s been destroyed how many times before?
(a) Countless
(b) Five or six
(c) Two or three
(d) Three or four

5. Of Harry, the narrator says, “He could beat anything, he thought, because nothing could hurt him if he” what?
(a) Kept a straight face
(b) Did not care
(c) Acted tough enough
(d) Was strong

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word “skischule” translate to in English?

2. Where was Tristan Tzara born?

3. How is the chore boy described that was left at the ranch and told not to let anyone get any hay in Harry’s recollections?

4. How did the chore boy kill the man that beat him in Harry’s memories from the ranch?

5. Harry and the woman are waiting for the arrival of what in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

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