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

2. What does Capstick say costs $30,000?
(a) A safari jeep
(b) A rhinoceros license
(c) A hippo license
(d) An elephant gun

3. Which of Capstick's friends shot at a snake inside his house?
(a) James Leroy Brown
(b) John Gordon
(c) Peter Seymour Smith
(d) Gordon James

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

5. Who do safaris provide rhino hunts to?
(a) Female clients
(b) Rich and stupid clients
(c) Experienced clients
(d) African clients

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hunter consider hippos to be?

2. What is Silent sick with in this chapter?

3. Who replaces Silent on the hunt?

4. What is the real name of the buffalo thorn tree?

5. Which of the following reasons does Capstick give for the hippo's decline?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the rhinoceros so dangerous?

2. Where does Capstick eventually find the snake?

3. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

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

5. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

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

7. What hippopotami are more likely to attack humans?

8. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

9. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

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

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