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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. Where does the wounded leopard go with Corbett and Robin tracking close behind?

2. How is inter village communication maintained during the time of the Chowgarh tiger when the paths are too dangerous to use?

3. What establishes the fact that the first of the Chowgrarh tigers Corbett kills is also a man-eater?

4. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?

5. What happens to the girl the Chowgarh man-eater leaves wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Corbett first gets a shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

2. Who does Corbett find when he is on the trail of the Bachelor of Powalgarh? What does he help do and what does he get asked to do?

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

4. What rumors about cross dressing does Corbett refute? What does he say is the truth?

5. Explain what happens when Corbett uses a buffalo to lure the tiger and waits for it on a rock ledge. What do the villagers discover.

6. Explain how the chital is both a help and a hindrance to Corbett as he stalks the wounded leopard with Robin.

7. Explain what happens when Robin first chases a langur monkey? What did Robin learn?

8. How does the bear hunt start when Corbett is out shooting ghooral for the village? What happens in the bear hunt and how do they eventually kill the bear?

9. Tell the story of the second wounded victim of the Chawgarh tiger that Corbett sees. How was she attacked and how did she return to town? What happens to her?

10. Describe the affliction of the tigress of Muktesar and circumstance of her first human kills.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story of the man-eater of Thak, the villagers are taking care of a temple that is one of many "peethas". Write an essay about what this is and the religious story behind it.

Part 1. Introduce Hinduism, and some of the major gods and goddesses. Make sure to include Shiva and Parvati (or Sati).

Part 2. Tell the relevant story of Parvati, her father, and Shiva.

Part 3. Explain how the story relates to temple in the story, and explain the word "Peetha". Do all the Shakti Peethas have temples? What else is there?

Essay Topic 2

Kumaon is located in the mountainous northern part of India. Write an essay about India and this particular region.

Part 1. Give an overview and introduction of India, focusing on what it was like during the early 1900's. Include a description of the English Indian Army.

Part 2. Introduce the region of Kumaon in context of the rest of India. Where is it located? What is its geography?

Part 3. Describe the populace of the Kumaon region. What kind of lives did they lead in the 1900's? What, if anything, has changed since then?

Part 4. How did the people of the Kumaon region co-exist with tigers and leopards in the early 1900's? How about today?

Essay Topic 3

What constitutes a man-eater?

Part 1. Describe the animals around the world who have been known to become man-eaters.

Part 2. Why do animals occasionally hunt human flesh? Are there general reasons or individual ones?

Part 3. Name some famous cases of man-eaters from around the world and describe how the material previously discussed applies to them individually.

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