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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Capstick's second shot?
(a) It hit the hippo in the eye
(b) It brushed the hippo's tail
(c) It missed
(d) It hit the hippo's teeth

2. What is the name of Root's cameraman?
(a) Martin Bell
(b) David Tomms
(c) Gordon Formby
(d) Peter Bell

3. Which of the following reasons does Capstick give for the hippo's decline?
(a) Their tempers
(b) Unnatural habitat
(c) Their indifference to mating
(d) The lack care of their young

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

5. Where is the black mamba hiding itself?
(a) A cave
(b) In a rabbit hole
(c) In a tree
(d) Under floorboards

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Dempster and his assistant returning home on?

2. What does Capstick leave the restroom to retrieve?

3. Where does a cobra often direct its venom?

4. Which of the following snakes is aboreal?

5. What kind of snake is a black mamba?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

2. Why is the rhinoceros so dangerous?

3. Describe the crocodile attack on the woman in Chapter 6.

4. What does the gunbearer, Chagga, do when a hunter receives a spurt of cobra venom in his eyes?

5. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

6. What do they find inside the crocodile in Chapter 6.

7. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

8. What makes a crocodile attack so unnerving for observers?

9. What hippopotami are more likely to attack humans?

10. What snakes does Africa have?

(see the answer keys)

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