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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 Pipal Pani tiger make his home?

2. Where does the fish swim to while Corbett watches?

3. What does Corbett claim to enjoy doing?

4. Why does Corbett need to kill a snake before hunting a man-eater?

5. What letter is included in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Corbett's initial plans for the sleeping arrangement in Mohan? How and why were they changed?

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

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

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

5. Describe Corbett's first encounter with the man-eater of Mohan when he senses him above the road on the overhang.

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

7. What happens between the time that Corbett throws his line in the water and when he tosses the flopping fish onto the shore?

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

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

10. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get injured in the head? What does Corbett see that he is able to know this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about malaria and its role in history.

Part 1. What is malaria? Give a description of the biology of the disease.

Part 2. Who is susceptible to malaria? Describe how malaria is transmitted, who is most at risk, and why.

Part 3. What measures can be taken to prevent or treat malaria?

Part 4. What role has malaria played in a historical event? How might it have changed history?

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

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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