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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 was the elephant ivory and leather auctioned?

2. What is Willy blinded by?

3. What did Capstick die of?

4. What was the elephant offal converted into?

5. What can buffalo function on if a gunshot does not kill it immediately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Len Harvey get into a fight with a lioness in Chapter 1?

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

3. How does Capstick kill the buffalo?

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

5. Describe the typical Asian and African leopard.

6. What is the story of the Rudraprayag leopard?

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

8. Describe the elephant species.

9. What exceptions are there to the leopard that usually only occasionally attacks and kills a human?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Capstick's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? What elements seem to be wholly fictionalized?

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