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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal charges at Capstick at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Hippopotamus
(b) Buffalo
(c) Rhino
(d) Leopard

2. What part of Joan's body does the hippo bite?
(a) Her arm
(b) Her buttocks
(c) Her face
(d) Her leg

3. What does the hippo use to scissor Root's flesh from the bone?
(a) Its hooves
(b) Its horns
(c) Its teeth
(d) Its nostrils

4. What is on the arm that identifies it as the local woman's?
(a) A bracelet
(b) A scar
(c) A tattoo
(d) A wedding ring

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

6. What reason does Capstick give for killing hippos?
(a) Sporting trophies
(b) Boredom
(c) Self defense
(d) Hunger

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

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

9. How did Changa save a client when a cobra spat in his eyes?
(a) Pried out his eye
(b) Helped the man to hospital
(c) Poured river water into his eye
(d) Urinated in his eye

10. What is the real name of the buffalo thorn tree?
(a) An umphafa
(b) A horse chestnut
(c) A denzilea
(d) A hortice

11. What is the last thing Mason and Capstick see of the local woman before the crocodile drags her under the water?
(a) Her feet
(b) Her hand
(c) Her head
(d) Her hair

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

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

14. What part of a black mamba is black?
(a) Its head
(b) Its tail
(c) Its fangs
(d) Its mouth

15. Who did William K. Olsen volunteer for?
(a) Peace Corps
(b) Catholic Church
(c) Salvation Army
(d) Oxfam

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Capstick find a black mamba?

2. Which of Capstick's friends shot at a snake inside his house?

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

4. What does Charlie use to hack off the tree's thorns?

5. Why does Capstick give Rhinoceros hunting less attention than the other types of hunting in the book?

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