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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 does Capstick leave the restroom to retrieve?
(a) His glasses
(b) His pistol
(c) His hunting knife
(d) His shotgun

2. What was the snake's tail pinned down by?
(a) Seymour's foot
(b) A car tire
(c) A rock
(d) A spear

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

4. What kind of snake is a black mamba?
(a) Water
(b) Aboreal
(c) Mountain
(d) Ground dwelling

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is not able to swim?

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

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

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

5. What happened to Capstick's second shot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

3. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

4. What does Capstick do when he finds a large black mamba in the restroom?

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

6. How do crocodiles kill their prey?

7. What does Alan Root describe in his article?

8. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

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

10. Describe crocodiles.

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