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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 is the name of the local assistant?

2. Who does Capstick hunt the crocodile with?

3. Which of the following snakes is aboreal?

4. What kind of snake did Seymour have to avoid when he was out driving with his wife?

5. What is on the arm that identifies it as the local woman's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

2. Describe the hippo attack on Alan and his wife.

3. What do they find inside the crocodile in Chapter 6.

4. Describe crocodiles.

5. Describe the career of J. A. Hunter.

6. What makes a crocodile attack so unnerving for observers?

7. How does Capstick track down the crocodile in Chapter 6?

8. Why is the rhinoceros so dangerous?

9. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

10. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Capstick's point of view. In what way is Capstick's point of view not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do you think are not so reliable and why?

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

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths surrounding that animal in popular culture. What myths are there? How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

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