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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 kind of hippos are most likely to attack humans?
(a) Wounded hippos
(b) Tired hippos
(c) Bored hippos
(d) Female hippos

2. What does Capstick go into his hut to retrieve?
(a) A knife
(b) A flashlight
(c) A gun
(d) Binoculars

3. Where do crocodiles catch their prey?
(a) In caves
(b) In the water
(c) In bushes
(d) At the water's edge

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

5. When are you most likely to see a lot of snakes in Africa?
(a) October
(b) July
(c) December
(d) November

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Kenyan photographer in this chapter?

2. Who did William K. Olsen volunteer for?

3. How did Changa save a client when a cobra spat in his eyes?

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

5. What was J. A Hunter's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Capstick do when he finds a large black mamba in the restroom?

2. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

3. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

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

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

6. What does Capstick state has led to the rhincerosi decline?

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

8. What snakes does Africa have?

9. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

10. What happens to the rhinoceros when Capstick shoots it in the base of its horn?

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