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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 ailment does Corbett wake up with the first morning in Mohan?

2. What is Corbett trying to film out in the submontane valley?

3. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?

4. Which of the following best characterizes how the tiger cub approached the place he had left the chital?

5. Who is with Corbett when he shoots the Thak man-eater?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Corbett experience mixed emotions after shooting the Pipal Pani tiger?

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

3. What run-in does the labor camp have with the man-eater of Thak? What happens?

4. 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?

5. 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.

6. What bothers Corbett about the way he kills the man-eater of Mohan? Why? What reasons does he give to justify his actions?

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

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

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

10. Why do many men come to the area of the Thak man-eater? What are they doing there and how do they feel about the tiger? How do they show it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay about Tibet.

Part 1. Give a general overview of Tibet. Include it's location, population, and a summary that will give readers a representative idea about Tibet.

Part 2. Describe the geography and wildlife of Tibet.

Part 3. What is the current political situation of Tibet? Describe Tibet's relationship with China.

Part 4. What is the primary religion of Tibet? What world famous religious leader is from Tibet? Why does he no longer live there?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the flora and fauna that Corbett mentions in his book.

Part 1. Introduction - provide a general description of the nature of the Kumaon region.

Part 2. What flora does Corbett mention or discuss? Were you familiar with any of these plants?

Part 3. What fauna does Corbett come across in his adventures? Describe the animals and his experiences with them.

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