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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Capstick describe elephant herds?
(a) Patriarchal
(b) Wild
(c) Millitant
(d) Matriarchal

2. What is the Cape Buffalo sometime referred to as?
(a) A bully
(b) A land buffalo
(c) A water buffalo
(d) A Tazmanian devil

3. Why does Capstick use a parachute flare to hunt a buffalo?
(a) It is likely to startle it
(b) It will help Capstick to see
(c) They are cheap
(d) It sends the buffalo into a seizure

4. What is it technically incorrect to call leopards?
(a) Lions
(b) Animals
(c) Panthers
(d) Cats

5. Who did the Rudraprayag kill instead of the goats?
(a) The shepherd boy
(b) The shepherd's wife
(c) A human infant
(d) The farmer

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Colin not fire his gun?

2. Who killed the leopard that ate 26 humans?

3. What does the local man run to for safety?

4. What is the best weapon for tracking a wounded leopard?

5. What are the names of Capstick's two trackers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exceptions are there to the leopard that usually only occasionally attacks and kills a human?

2. How does Silent force the lion to retreat in Chapter 1?

3. How does Capstick kill the leopard in Chapter 3?

4. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

5. How does the local man deal with the cape buffalo charging at him in Chapter 4?

6. How do Antonio and Capstick kill the elephant in Chapter 2?

7. How does Capstick prove his buffalo kill was legitimate?

8. Why does Capstick think most man-eating leopards are found in Asia?

9. Why is it so difficult to kill wild elephants?

10. Why does Capstick think elephants are misrepresented in the media?

(see the answer keys)

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