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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 a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?

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

3. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?

4. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?

5. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Corbett attempt to do by climbing a tree while stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh? Is he successful?

2. Explain what happens after Corbett notices that Robin is missing.

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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.

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

8. What opportunity does Corbett miss when he sees just the hind leg and tail of a tiger while stalking the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh? Why does he make the decision that he does?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about tiger development.

Part 1. Describe the infancy of tigers. Where are litters usually born? How many are there in a usual litter? How long until a young tiger can leave the den?

Part 2. Describe the adolescence of tigers. What can a young tiger do when it first starts leaving the den? How long does he continue to stay with his mother? How does he change and grow during this time?

Part 3. How long does a tiger stay an adult? When do they breed? What changes happen during the normal adult life of a tiger?

Part 4. When is a tiger considered old? What are some common ailments of aging tigers? Is the normal lifespan different for captive or wild tigers?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Two of the world's most famous man-eaters are the man-eating lions of Tsavo. They are they subject of research, books, and several Hollywood movies. Write an essay about the Tsavo lions.

Part 1. Introduce Colonel Patterson and what he was doing when his crews started having trouble with the Tsavo lions.

Part 2. Describe the devastation and terror caused by the lions. What attempts were made to stop them?

Part 3. How were the lions finally killed? Where are the skins and heads of these lions now?

Part 4. What research is being done today to determine the number of victims of these lions and to determine what might have caused them to eat humans? What are they finding?

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