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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 does Capstick go into his hut to retrieve?

2. What kind of animal drags the woman into the water?

3. What did Hunter consider hippos to be?

4. What kind of snake is a black mamba?

5. How do python's kill their prey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the crocodile attack on the woman in Chapter 6.

4. Where does Charlie disappear to in Chapter 7?

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

6. What snakes does Africa have?

7. Where does Capstick eventually find the snake?

8. Describe the different varieties of mamba snakes.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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

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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