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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 reasons does Capstick give for the hippo's decline?
(a) The lack care of their young
(b) Unnatural habitat
(c) Their tempers
(d) Their indifference to mating

2. What does Capstick think hunters should provoke before killing a hippo?
(a) Hunger
(b) A charge
(c) A dominance battle
(d) Thirst

3. Why are women often a crocodile's most common victim?
(a) They wear less clothing
(b) They are tastier
(c) They spend time at the water's edge
(d) They are easier to digest

4. Where does Capstick find a black mamba?
(a) A river bank
(b) His bedroom
(c) The garbage
(d) A restroom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the puff adder seek the heat of at night?

2. What are the two primary species of rhino?

3. What do they find in the crocodile's stomach?

4. What does Capstick say one crocodile continued to do even after he had shot it in the head?

5. What kind of battles do male hippos participate in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

2. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

3. Describe crocodiles.

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

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

6. Where does Capstick eventually find the snake?

7. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

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

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

10. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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