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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 does the puff adder seek the heat of at night?
(a) Footpaths
(b) Clothes
(c) Tents
(d) Fires

2. What kind of animal drags the woman into the water?
(a) An alligator
(b) A hippo
(c) A crocodile
(d) A rhino

3. What kind of eggs are Mason and Capstick eating for breakfast?
(a) Fried
(b) Boiled
(c) Poached
(d) Scrambled

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

5. What color are a black mamba's scales?
(a) Yellow
(b) Gray
(c) Green
(d) Black

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When are you most likely to see a lot of snakes in Africa?

3. What happened to Capstick's second shot?

4. What does Capstick say the fish trap looks like?

5. What animal corpses do Capstick and Mason bait locations with to catch the crocodiles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how a hippopotamus attacked a native family in Chapter 5.

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

3. Why does Capstick give rhinoceros hunting less attention than other forms of hunting in the book?

4. Describe the hippo attack on Alan and his wife.

5. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

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

7. Describe crocodiles.

8. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

9. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

10. Where does Capstick eventually find the snake?

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