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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two primary species of rhino?
(a) Tusk and non tusked
(b) Carnivores and herbivores
(c) Black and white
(d) Grey and red

2. Which of Capstick's friends shot at a snake inside his house?
(a) Gordon James
(b) John Gordon
(c) Peter Seymour Smith
(d) James Leroy Brown

3. Where do Capstick and his party hide when they hear a charging rhino?
(a) Behind a rock
(b) Behind a tree
(c) In a cave
(d) In long grass

4. Who does the black mamba lunge at?
(a) Seymour
(b) Capstick
(c) Seymour's child
(d) Seymour's wife

5. How do crocodiles view humans?
(a) Another prey item
(b) Gourmet
(c) Easy targets
(d) Enemies

6. Which of the following snakes is a mamba snake?
(a) Grey mamba
(b) Green mamba
(c) Purple mamba
(d) Yellow mamba

7. Where do hunters tend to shoot hippos to kill them?
(a) The liver
(b) The buttocks
(c) The heart
(d) The brain

8. What is the name of the local assistant?
(a) John
(b) Frankyn
(c) Gordon
(d) Martin

9. What does Capstick think hunters should provoke before killing a hippo?
(a) A dominance battle
(b) Thirst
(c) Hunger
(d) A charge

10. Who does Capstick hunt the crocodile with?
(a) Mason
(b) Silent
(c) Bwana
(d) Regan

11. Why does Capstick give Rhinoceros hunting less attention than the other types of hunting in the book?
(a) They are too frightening
(b) There is no point in hunting rhinos
(c) Wild rhinos are rare
(d) Rhinos are boring to hunt

12. What kind of meat do Capstick and Mason eat for breakfast?
(a) Heart
(b) Liver
(c) Kidney
(d) Tongue

13. What are hippos likely to attack?
(a) Crocodiles
(b) Loud noises
(c) A wounded animal
(d) Anything in their personal space

14. How do python's kill their prey?
(a) Strike them with their tail
(b) Spit at them
(c) Bite them
(d) Strangle them

15. What is pursuing the female rhino through the camp?
(a) A leopard
(b) A lioness
(c) A hippo
(d) Two male rhinos

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real name of the buffalo thorn tree?

2. What does Capstick compare missing a hippo at six feet to?

3. What is a rhino's philosophy?

4. What part of Joan's body does the hippo bite?

5. What was the snake's tail pinned down by?

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