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1. What event has just happened before the story begins?
2. What is the name of Francis Macomber's wife?
3. How long has Francis Macomber been married to his wife?
4. What was the name of the hunting guide that Macomber had hired?
5. What phrase do we learn that hunters use to mean that their safari has been unsuccessful?
6. What term does the hunting guide use throughout the story to describe Macomber's wife?
7. What does the story mention that Macomber's wife had done five years previously, in order to receive $5,000?
8. According to a Somali proverb, there are three times when a brave man is frightened by a lion. Of the following, which is NOT one of them?
9. Although Francis Macomber did not know much about hunting, the story mentions him knowing about other things. Of the following, which of these does Macomber "know"?
10. What does Macomber's wife do during the night of the day where Macomber shot his first lion?
11. Other than lions, what other animal does Macomber hunt?
12. While on the final hunt, Macomber's wife complained that the guide and her husband had done something unfair. What was this practice that the hunting guide mentioned was illegal and could result in a loss of his license if they heard about it in Nairobi?
13. Who does the hunting guide attempt to quote off the top of his head when he says "By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next".
14. At the end of the story, what happens to Francis Macomber?
15. After the death of Francis Macomber, which of the following does the hunting guide NOT say to Macomber's wife?
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