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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. Which of the following snakes is a mamba snake?
(a) Purple mamba
(b) Grey mamba
(c) Yellow mamba
(d) Green mamba

2. Who does the black mamba lunge at?
(a) Seymour's wife
(b) Seymour
(c) Seymour's child
(d) Capstick

3. What word does Capstick use to describe most hippo hunting?
(a) Execution
(b) Fun
(c) Murder
(d) Boring

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hippos are most likely to attack humans?

2. What is pursuing the female rhino through the camp?

3. How do python's kill their prey?

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

5. Where does a cobra often direct its venom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

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

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

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

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

6. What hippopotami are more likely to attack humans?

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

8. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

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

10. Why is the rhinoceros so dangerous?

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