1. Why was the narrator a target of hatred?

2. How did the narrator feel about his job and about the Burmese people?

3. What problem calls the narrator away from the police station?

4. What disturbing sight greeted the narrator when he got to the area where the elephant was loose?

5. How was the elephant behaving when the narrator approached it?

6. Why did the narrator feel he must shoot the elephant?

7. What would shooting the elephant be like, according to the narrator?

8. What would be, ultimately, the worst outcome if the narrator did not shoot the elephant and something went wrong?

9. How did the elephant die?

10. Why was the narrator glad the coolie had been killed?