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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Harry describe renting a trout stream after the war as his companion dictates?
(a) The Redwood Forest
(b) The Aspen Forest
(c) The White Forest
(d) The Black Forest

2. It is noted of Harry’s past, “It was strange, too, wasn't it, that when he fell in love with another woman, that woman should always have more” what “than the last one?”
(a) Intelligence
(b) Money
(c) Beauty
(d) Talent

3. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
(a) The Hôtel de Crillon
(b) The Pavillion Henri-Quatre
(c) The Café Royal Hotel
(d) The Hotel II Salviatino

4. What does the phrase “Sans Voir” from the story translate to in English?
(a) Without sound
(b) Without seeing
(c) Without love
(d) Without voice

5. Of Harry, the narrator says in the beginning of the story, “Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until” when?
(a) He knew enough to write them well
(b) He had the inspiration to write them
(c) He had the skills to write them well
(d) He had the intelligence to write them well

6. How are the flashbacks into Harry’s past delineated from the rest of the narrative in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) They are in quotations
(b) They are in boldface
(c) They are italicized
(d) They are in parentheses

7. 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 flies
(d) The vultures

8. Where does Compton appear to be flying Harry to at the end of the story?
(a) The top of Mt. Kilimanjaro
(b) The hospital in Bengasi
(c) The rescue center in Arusha
(d) The train station at Paris

9. Of Harry, the narrator says, “It was never what he had done, but always” what?
(a) What he thought
(b) What he could do
(c) What he had regretted
(d) What he said he would do

10. When Harry apologizes and tells his companion that he’s never loved anyone else the way he loved her, the narrator comments, “He slipped into the familiar lie he made” what by?
(a) His bread and butter
(b) His solicitations
(c) His novels
(d) His faithful reverie

11. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?
(a) 1723
(b) 1911
(c) 1906
(d) 1885

12. What does Harry say was burned out of the truck when arguing with his companion in the beginning of the story?
(a) A valve
(b) A bearing
(c) A belt
(d) A piston

13. Who is described as Harry’s “femme de ménage” in his descriptions of Paris while dictating to his companion?
(a) Elise
(b) Michelle
(c) Sara
(d) Marie

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

15. The narrator says of Harry’s female companion that she “loved him dearly as a writer, as a man, as a companion and as” what?
(a) A humble servant
(b) A proud possession
(c) A husband
(d) A provider

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Harry’s response when his companion says, “That's not fair. I love you now. I'll always love you. Don't you love me?”

3. What French word does the narrator use to describe drunkenness in the narrative?

4. What is the powdered milk brand that Harry’s companion says she’ll have the servants mash potatoes with in the narrative?

5. The author notes in the preface to the story that the frozen carcass of what animal lies close to the western summit of Kilimanjaro?

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