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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are hippos likely to attack?
(a) A wounded animal
(b) Anything in their personal space
(c) Loud noises
(d) Crocodiles
2. What kind of battles do male hippos participate in?
(a) Dominance battles
(b) Death battles
(c) Play fights
(d) Championship bouts
3. Who does Capstick hunt the crocodile with?
(a) Regan
(b) Mason
(c) Silent
(d) Bwana
4. What animal corpses do Capstick and Mason bait locations with to catch the crocodiles?
(a) Leopards
(b) Lions
(c) Hippos
(d) Rhinos
5. How do crocodiles view humans?
(a) Enemies
(b) Gourmet
(c) Easy targets
(d) Another prey item
6. What word does Capstick use to describe most hippo hunting?
(a) Murder
(b) Fun
(c) Boring
(d) Execution
7. What kind of eggs are Mason and Capstick eating for breakfast?
(a) Boiled
(b) Scrambled
(c) Poached
(d) Fried
8. What was the snake's tail pinned down by?
(a) Seymour's foot
(b) A spear
(c) A rock
(d) A car tire
9. Who replaces Silent on the hunt?
(a) Charlie
(b) Invisible
(c) Rogets
(d) David
10. What kind of animal drags the woman into the water?
(a) A crocodile
(b) A rhino
(c) A hippo
(d) An alligator
11. What does Capstick compare missing a hippo at six feet to?
(a) Missing a late breakfast
(b) Missing your wife's birthday
(c) Missing a barn
(d) Missing an elephant
12. Which of the following snakes is aboreal?
(a) Cobra
(b) Boomslang
(c) Ringhals
(d) Puff adder
13. What does Castick say is the most dangerous snake in Africa?
(a) The cobra
(b) The Boomslang
(c) The black mamba
(d) The puff adder
14. What kind of tree does Charlie climb?
(a) A horse chestnut tree
(b) A gum tree
(c) A buffalo thorn tree
(d) An oak tree
15. What kind of snake is a black mamba?
(a) Ground dwelling
(b) Mountain
(c) Aboreal
(d) Water
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of hippos are most likely to attack humans?
2. What animal charges at Capstick at the beginning of the chapter?
3. What is on the arm that identifies it as the local woman's?
4. Who did William K. Olsen volunteer for?
5. Where do hunters tend to shoot hippos to kill them?
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