The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

The protagonist of the story is

• Mrs. Macomber

• Francis Macomber

• Robert Wilson

• Frank McComber

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Who ran from the lion?

• Mr. Macomber

• Mrs. Macomber

• Mr. Wilson

• gun bearer

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At the end of the story they had killed

• three lions

• three impala

• three buffalo

• three monkeys

Who shot Mr. Macomber in the head

• Mr. Wilson

• the native gun bearer

• Mrs. Macomber

• native police

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"four-letter guy" and "five-letter woman"

• positive denotation

• negative denotation

• positive connotation

• negative connotation

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Why does Wilson frown upon shooting from the car?

• It is unfair and cowardly

• The animals might scratch his paint job

• It makes the car smell like gun powder

• The animals will remember what the car looked like and come back for vengeance

Where does Margot shoot her husband?

• Bases of the skull

• in the back

• stomach

• lower abdomin

Macomber becomes a man by shooting a

• a lion

• a buffalo

• an impalla

• an elephant

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Who has all the power in their marriage

• Wilson

• Margot

• Macomber

• her lover

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Robert gets in a fist fight with Macomber.

• True

• False

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