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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 is the name of the Italian client Capstick guides at the end of the chapter?

2. What part of the buffalo's body does Capstick's first slug strike?

3. What is the L Africana also known as?

4. Who killed the leopard that ate 26 humans?

5. What is the lion that killed eight people known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the typical Asian and African leopard.

2. What happens to Peter Hankin in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Capstick recommend to approach a dead elephant carefully?

4. Describe the elephant species.

5. How does the buffalo injure Capstick?

6. Why is it technically incorrect to call leopards panthers?

7. How does July's only surviving son disappear?

8. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

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

10. How does Len Harvey get into a fight with a lioness in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Capstick's representation of him himself in the book.

1) How does Capstick represent himself in the book and what affect does it have on the book's meaning?

2) In what way is Capstick's representation of himself typical?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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