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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 were Dempster and his assistant returning home on?

2. Why do hunters prize a rhino's horn so highly?

3. What does Capstick think hunters should provoke before killing a hippo?

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

5. What is the local woman carrying to the riverside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do crocodiles kill their prey?

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

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

4. Describe crocodiles.

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

6. What hippopotami are more likely to attack humans?

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

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

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

10. How do cobra snakes attack their enemies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do elephants destroy the local environment and what does it cause both for the wildlife and humans? How can the authorities prevent elephants from destroying the wildlife?

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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