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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 does Corbett worry the Pipal Pani tiger will do after being wounded?

2. What does Corbett realize after reeling in sixty yards of the fishing line?

3. What does Corbett recommend great care be taken over when stalking tigers at their kills?

4. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?

5. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Corbett think that he might be able to lure the tiger to him by calling? How does his attempt go, and how does he explain the results?

2. Why is Corbett's feeling of relief greater than usual when he shoots the Thak man-eater?

3. How would you characterize the relationship between Corbett and the Pipal Pani tiger over the tiger's life?

4. Describe how Corbett finally encounters the Thak man-eater?

5. What is Corbett's main intention at the locale of the story The Fish of My Dreams? Why is he having difficulty and when does he decide to go fishing?

6. What unexpected thing does the Pipal Pani tiger do when he gets shot in the shoulder?

7. What does Corbett mean when he says he sets out to follow the "drag" of the Mohan man-eater? Why does he say this term is misleading?

8. When Corbett waits in a tree for the Kanda man-eater, he is jerked to full awareness by a langur warning call. What does Corbett first think it is that made the langur call, and what does it turn out to be? Explain.

9. What happens when Corbett returns to the spot he left the fish?

10. Why is the setting particularly relevant to the story The Fish of My Dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the British occupation of India.

Part 1. When, how, and why did the British occupy India? How did this benefit Great Britain and what consequences were there for India?

Part 2. Describe British / Indian relations up to and including World War 1. Explain the motives for the choices India made. Was this what the English were expecting?

Part 3. What happened after World War 1? Describe the Indian fight for independence.

Part 4. When did the British leave? How has India fared since they left? What might India have been like without the occupation?

Essay Topic 3

Corbett refers many times to an unexplained feeling of danger that warns him when a tiger is nearby. Write an essay about extra-sensory perception.

Part 1. Describe the "feeling of danger" that Corbett experiences many times in his stories. Is Corbett's experience a common one?

Part 2. Explain what extra-sensory perception is, and the various forms it is reportedly experienced.

Part 3. Discuss the scientific approach that has been taken to explain ESP and the results.

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