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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. When Harry first drifts into the flashback of his memories in the story, he sees in his mind a railway station in Karagatch. In what country is Karagatch located?
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) Turkey
(d) Spain

2. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?
(a) The government’s greed
(b) His lack of education
(c) This shortening of hours
(d) His adulterous affairs

3. Harry claims that the man whom they hired to check out the truck didn’t check what?
(a) The axle
(b) The tires
(c) The oil
(d) The gas

4. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?
(a) Memsahib
(b) Abasi
(c) Binata
(d) Abayomi

5. On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
(a) South America
(b) Asia
(c) Africa
(d) Europe

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harry begins dictating to his companion, he describes a log house on a hill above the lake. What kind of trees are described as running from the house to the dock?

2. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?

3. How would you describe the narrator of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

4. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?

5. As Harry describes his past for his companion to dictate in the second half of the story, he describes the husband of the woman who ran the Bal Musette as having what occupation?

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