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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 is the name of the Kenyan photographer in this chapter?
(a) Alan Root
(b) Johnny Treetop
(c) David Peace
(d) Lottie Regan

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

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

4. What kind of meat do Capstick and Mason eat for breakfast?
(a) Liver
(b) Tongue
(c) Kidney
(d) Heart

5. What was J. A Hunter's job?
(a) Hunter
(b) Tracker
(c) Lawyer
(d) Priest

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the arm that identifies it as the local woman's?

2. What are hippos likely to attack?

3. What is the name of the local assistant?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

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

3. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

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

5. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

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

7. Why is the rhinoceros so dangerous?

8. What snakes does Africa have?

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

10. Describe crocodiles.

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