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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. Why does Corbett give up trying to film his subject?

2. What animal is the Pipal Pani tiger mistaken for and shot?

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

4. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?

5. What does Corbett say he has a great distaste for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the night Corbett spends in a tree waiting for the Kanda man-eater. What happens at night and how does it end?

2. How does an old lady and a sixteen year old girl end up on the ledge of a cliff? What happens?

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

4. Describe the encounter Corbett has on the trail with the woman filling a water jug. What is he happy he has accomplished?

5. Describe Corbett's first encounter with the Kanda man-eater. How does it end?

6. 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?

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

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

9. Describe how the Pipal Pani tiger gets shot for a second time, and how the men who go in search of him unknowingly put their lives in great danger, and what may have saved them.

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

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

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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