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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. Where do hunters usually wire leopard bait?

2. Why did Capstick give up elephant killing?

3. Why can Colin not fire his gun?

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

5. Where does Capstick shoot the buffalo to kill it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the African Cape Buffalo.

3. What happens to Peter Hankin in Chapter 1?

4. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

5. How do elephants destroy the environment?

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

7. Describe elephant ivory tusks.

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

9. In what two ways do elephants kill humans?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following animals from the text--leopard, lion, snake and crocodile--and examine it in relation to its:

1) Hunting skills

2) Habitat

3) Methods it uses to kill its prey

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