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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 word does Capstick use to describe most hippo hunting?

3. Which of the following reasons does Capstick give for the hippo's decline?

4. Which of the following characters is not able to swim?

5. What is the name of Root's cameraman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Capstick state has led to the rhincerosi decline?

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

3. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

4. Describe crocodiles.

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

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

7. When is a hippopotamus likely to attack?

8. What does Capstick do when he finds a large black mamba in the restroom?

9. Why are hippopotami important to the ecosystem?

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

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 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 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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