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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 Colin trip over?

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

3. Who did the Rudraprayag kill instead of the goats?

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

5. What part of the buffalo's body does Capstick's first slug strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Capstick think most man-eating leopards are found in Asia?

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

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

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

5. How do Antonio and Capstick kill the elephant in Chapter 2?

6. What happens to Peter Hankin in Chapter 1?

7. How does July's only surviving son disappear?

8. Describe the elephant species.

9. How do the hunters kill the lioness which eats Hankin?

10. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following snakes and examine when they are most likely to attack, how they attack and how to save someone somebody who has been attacked by that snake:

1) Black mamba

2) Cobra

3) Puff adder

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the damage the following snakes' venom can do to human and how a human can stop the snake from attacking:

1) Cobra

2) Puff adder

3) Black mamba

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