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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 were Dempster and his assistant returning home on?
(a) A jeep
(b) A watercraft
(c) A truck
(d) A canoe

2. How do python's kill their prey?
(a) Bite them
(b) Strike them with their tail
(c) Strangle them
(d) Spit at them

3. What kind of tree does Charlie climb?
(a) An oak tree
(b) A horse chestnut tree
(c) A gum tree
(d) A buffalo thorn tree

4. What are the two primary species of rhino?
(a) Tusk and non tusked
(b) Grey and red
(c) Carnivores and herbivores
(d) Black and white

5. What is the local woman carrying to the riverside?
(a) A bucket
(b) A fish trap
(c) A dead body
(d) A bird cage

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Capstick think hunters should provoke before killing a hippo?

2. What kind of snake did Seymour have to avoid when he was out driving with his wife?

3. Where does a cobra often direct its venom?

4. Who do safaris provide rhino hunts to?

5. What kind of eggs are Mason and Capstick eating for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hippopotami are more likely to attack humans?

6. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

7. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

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

9. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

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

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