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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did William K. Olsen volunteer for?
(a) Oxfam
(b) Peace Corps
(c) Salvation Army
(d) Catholic Church
2. Which of Capstick's friends shot at a snake inside his house?
(a) James Leroy Brown
(b) John Gordon
(c) Gordon James
(d) Peter Seymour Smith
3. What does the puff adder seek the heat of at night?
(a) Clothes
(b) Footpaths
(c) Fires
(d) Tents
4. Which of the following reasons does Capstick give for the hippo's decline?
(a) Unnatural habitat
(b) The lack care of their young
(c) Their tempers
(d) Their indifference to mating
5. What is the real name of the buffalo thorn tree?
(a) A hortice
(b) A denzilea
(c) A horse chestnut
(d) An umphafa
6. How do python's kill their prey?
(a) Bite them
(b) Strike them with their tail
(c) Spit at them
(d) Strangle them
7. What does Capstick compare missing a hippo at six feet to?
(a) Missing your wife's birthday
(b) Missing a late breakfast
(c) Missing an elephant
(d) Missing a barn
8. What are hippos likely to attack?
(a) Loud noises
(b) Crocodiles
(c) Anything in their personal space
(d) A wounded animal
9. What kind of tree does Charlie climb?
(a) An oak tree
(b) A horse chestnut tree
(c) A gum tree
(d) A buffalo thorn tree
10. What does a common myth say a crocodile uses to knock its victim into the water?
(a) Its snout
(b) Its tongue
(c) It feet
(d) Its tail
11. Where do Capstick and his party hide when they hear a charging rhino?
(a) In long grass
(b) In a cave
(c) Behind a tree
(d) Behind a rock
12. Why does Capstick give Rhinoceros hunting less attention than the other types of hunting in the book?
(a) Rhinos are boring to hunt
(b) Wild rhinos are rare
(c) There is no point in hunting rhinos
(d) They are too frightening
13. What kind of animal drags the woman into the water?
(a) A crocodile
(b) A rhino
(c) A hippo
(d) An alligator
14. What kind of snake did Seymour have to avoid when he was out driving with his wife?
(a) Puff adder
(b) Cobra
(c) Green mamba
(d) Black mamba
15. What is on the arm that identifies it as the local woman's?
(a) A bracelet
(b) A wedding ring
(c) A scar
(d) A tattoo
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of hippos are most likely to attack humans?
2. What did Hunter consider hippos to be?
3. Why are women often a crocodile's most common victim?
4. Who do safaris provide rhino hunts to?
5. What does Capstick say killing a hippo can lead to?
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