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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 the local man run to for safety?

2. What does the buffalo use to cut the man open?

3. What kind of elephants does Capstick say are typically aggressive?

4. What animal does Capstick say is the most successful predator in the world?

5. What kind of leopard killed and ate 400 people in India?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Capstick kill the leopard in Chapter 3?

2. How do Willy and Colin eventually kill the lion?

3. How does the local man deal with the cape buffalo charging at him in Chapter 4?

4. How does Silent force the lion to retreat in Chapter 1?

5. How does the cape buffalo kill the local man in Chapter 4?

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

7. How does the buffalo injure Capstick?

8. What do studies demonstrate about man-eating leopards?

9. How do elephants destroy the environment?

10. How does Capstick kill the buffalo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes leopards Africa's best predators? How does Capstick show how the leopard's superior hunting skills are a serious danger to humans? How can either a human or animal defeat the leopard?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Capstick uses other people in his book to express his ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the lioness' attack on Len and Jean Harvey. Why do you think the lioness attacks the couple? What effect could such a negative representation of lions have the reader impressions about the animal?

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