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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. Whose aid does Corbett unsuccessfully enlist to find the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh?

2. What was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?

3. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?

4. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?

5. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Corbett recount about the first time he took Robin out hunting as a puppy? What was Corbett's reaction to what happened?

2. What goes wrong with the beat that Corbett plans to drive the tigress down a gorge? How does it all work out?

3. Explain the encounter the author has a young boy with a tiger in the forest.

4. What happened to other hunters that nearly were able to shoot the Bachelor of Powalgarh? Tell how he escaped twice despite being only feet away from seasoned hunters that were hunting him.

5. Summarize the hunt for the leopard that Corbett tells which culminates in Robin leaving him in a tight corner.

6. Explain the connection between a disease epidemic and the resurgence of man-eating leopards.

7. Why is it important for Corbett to bring the family back any part, no matter how small. of a body that was taken away by a tiger?

8. Describe how Corbett shoots three ghooral mountain goats on his first outing with some men from Pali. What was their reaction? Why?

9. Give some examples of situations in which a tiger might kill a human being but not be a man-eater.

10. What story does Corbett tell as a warning against assuming that a wounded animal is where you last saw it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim Corbett was similar in many ways to Theodore Roosevelt. Write an essay about Theodore Roosevelt.

Part 1. Give a short biography of Theodore Roosevelt's life, including a brief synopsis of his political career.

Part 2. Describe Theodore Roosevelt as a hunter and outdoors man.

Part 3. How was Roosevelt a leader in conservation? What legacy of conservation did he leave behind?

Part 4. How are Jim Corbett and Theodore Roosevelt alike?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between hunting and conservation?

Part 1. Historically, what role have hunters played in the creation of legislation for conservation?

Part 2. Write about several people who were both well known hunters and conservationists.

Part 3. What role do hunters today play in conservation?

Essay Topic 3

Corbett implies in the beginning of the final chapter "Just Tigers," that shooting wildlife with a camera is infinitely harder than shooting them with a gun. Write an essay about wildlife photography.

Part 1. Describe the field of wild animal photography and film making.

Part 2. Give some examples of some extraordinary shots caught in the wild in pictures or on film.

Part 3. What are the challenges of wildlife photography?

Part 4. What techniques do people use to overcome the challenges of photographing or filming wild animals?

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