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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’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that he’s not going to die, he responds by saying, “Don’t be silly. I’m dying now. Ask those bastards.” What does Harry point to when he says this?
(a) The mosquitoes
(b) The hyenas
(c) The vultures
(d) The flies

2. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) Sara
(b) Marie
(c) Helen
(d) Anna

3. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?
(a) Bad music
(b) Women and sex
(c) Drink and gambling
(d) Fantastic shows

4. In what year was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” adapted and produced to film, starring Gregory Peck as Harry?
(a) 1952
(b) 1936
(c) 1942
(d) 1948

5. In his first flashbacks of memory, Harry recalls “looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains in” what country?
(a) Bulgaria
(b) Peru
(c) The United States
(d) Switzerland

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Harry’s friends, the narrator says, “The people he knew now were all much more comfortable when he did not” what?

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

3. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?

4. Of death, Harry says in the beginning of the story, “The remarkable thing is that it’s” what?

5. In one flashback, Harry recalls “the man who had the fox to sell when they had walked into” what town?

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