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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silent hit the lion in the face with?

2. What does Capstick do with the dead lion?

3. Which of the following characters is Silent's brother?

4. What are elephants historically hunted for?

5. What is the name of the older man at the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Capstick kill the lion in Chapter 1?

2. How does the lioness defeat Willy De Beer?

3. Describe the typical Asian and African leopard.

4. How does Capstick prove his buffalo kill was legitimate?

5. Describe the elephant species.

6. What happens to Peter Hankin in Chapter 1?

7. Why does Capstick think elephants are misrepresented in the media?

8. Why does Capstick recommend to approach a dead elephant carefully?

9. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

10. What is the story of the Rudraprayag leopard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Capstick's point of view. In what way is Capstick's point of view not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do you think are not so reliable and why?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the Rudraprayag leopard. Why did the Rudraprayag leopard terrorize the village? Have there been any similar incidents in the past? How could the villagers have lured and killed the leopard?

Essay Topic 3

How do elephants destroy the local environment and what does it cause both for the wildlife and humans? How can the authorities prevent elephants from destroying the wildlife?

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