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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 did Hunter consider hippos to be?

2. What does Capstick compare missing a hippo at six feet to?

3. Where do most hippopotamus attacks occur?

4. Where do hunters tend to shoot hippos to kill them?

5. What does a common myth say a crocodile uses to knock its victim into the water?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the gunbearer, Chagga, do when a hunter receives a spurt of cobra venom in his eyes?

3. Describe how a hippopotamus attacked a native family in Chapter 5.

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

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

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

7. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

8. What happens to the rhinoceros when Capstick shoots it in the base of its horn?

9. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

10. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following animals from the text--hippo, elephant, buffalo and rhino--and examine it in relation to its:

1) Methods it uses to kill

2) Habitat

3) Its danger to humans

Essay Topic 2

Examine the lioness' attack on Len and Jean Harvey. Why do you think the lioness attacks the couple? What effect could such a negative representation of lions have the reader impressions about the animal?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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