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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. Which of the following did the factory workers not use the carcasses for?

2. Who killed the leopard that ate 26 humans?

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

4. What are the names of Capstick's two trackers?

5. Which of the following buffalo is not extinct?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the African Cape Buffalo.

2. How does the buffalo injure Capstick?

3. In what two ways do elephants kill humans?

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

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

6. How does Capstick kill the buffalo?

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

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

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

10. What is the story of the Rudraprayag leopard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the animals Capstick represents in the book and examine how a hunter can track down and kill that animal.

1) What does a hunter need to track down the animal?

2) What does a hunter need to be aware of when tracking down the animal?

3) What is the most efficient way a hunter can kill the animal?

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

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.

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