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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. Why can Colin not fire his gun?

2. What part of the human to leopards generally go for?

3. What kind of leopard killed and ate 400 people in India?

4. What is the name of the older man at the beginning of the chapter?

5. Why is it important to kill all elephants in a group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peter Hathaway Capstick's life.

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

3. How does the lioness defeat Willy De Beer?

4. Describe elephant ivory tusks.

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

6. What happens to Peter Hankin in Chapter 1?

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

8. In what two ways do elephants kill humans?

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

10. How do Willy and Colin eventually kill the lion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think made Capstick a good hunter? What did Capstick have to learn to become a successful hunter?

Essay Topic 2

Compare African and western cultures.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

3) How have Westerners damaged the African environment including the wildlife?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths surrounding that animal in popular culture. What myths are there? How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

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