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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 did Hunter consider hippos to be?
(a) Easy to hunt
(b) A friend
(c) Dangerous to hunt
(d) A sacred animal

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

3. What is Silent sick with in this chapter?
(a) Cancer
(b) AIDS
(c) Malaria
(d) Cholera

4. What does Capstick say one crocodile continued to do even after he had shot it in the head?
(a) Snap its jaws
(b) Eat its victim
(c) Yawn
(d) Swim around

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do hunters tend to shoot hippos to kill them?

2. What is the last thing Mason and Capstick see of the local woman before the crocodile drags her under the water?

3. What does Capstick leave the restroom to retrieve?

4. What does Castick say is the most dangerous snake in Africa?

5. What does Capstick compare missing a hippo at six feet to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the career of J. A. Hunter.

2. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

3. What snakes does Africa have?

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

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

6. How does Capstick track down the crocodile in Chapter 6?

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

8. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

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

10. What makes a crocodile attack so unnerving for observers?

(see the answer keys)

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