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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. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

2. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

3. What does Corbett learn about the Chowgrarh tiger at the first village?

4. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?

5. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe the affliction of the tigress of Muktesar and circumstance of her first human kills.

3. How does Corbett attempt to use water buffalo to help him stalk the Bachelor of Powalgarh? What happens?

4. Explain what happens when Corbett takes the skin of the tigress of Champawat to the woman that had pursued it when it carried off her sister.

5. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters? Why?

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

7. What happens when Corbett first gets a shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

8. 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?

9. What story does Corbett tell as a warning against assuming that a wounded animal is where you last saw it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about Jim Corbett.

Part 1. Provide a general biography of the life of Jim Corbett.

Part 2. Explain how Jim Corbett became a hunter of man-eating tigers and leopards. Share some of his experiences.

Part 3. Describe the efforts and importance that Jim Corbett assigned to conservationism. What did he achieve and what is his legacy?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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