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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. Who was the first victim of the Mohan Man-eater?

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

3. Which of the following best describes Ibbotson?

4. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?

5. What is only two or three hundred yards from the Foresters hut where Corbett stays in Mohan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Corbett worry about Ibbotson and his men one night after they leave him to sit up over a kill at night? What happens, and why didn't Corbett do anything?

7. Summarize the story Corbett tells of bravery in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater.

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

9. What does Corbett hear from the village of Thak when he sitting out over a dead buffalo waiting for the tiger to return? Why is this unusual? Where does it come from and what do people say it was?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Corbett often takes his dog Robin with him hunting. He depends on Robin to help him track big game by scent when he can't follow a visible a trail. Write an essay about hunting dogs and other service dogs.

Part 1. How many different jobs to dogs do for people? What variety of jobs or services are sometimes performed by working dogs.

Part 2. How have dogs been bred or selected to better perform their jobs? Give examples of specialty breeds and the jobs they perform.

Part 3. Man and dogs have been hunting together for a long time. Explain the possible origins of the relationship and the various roles that dogs play when assisting hunters.

Essay Topic 3

Two of the world's most famous man-eaters are the man-eating lions of Tsavo. They are they subject of research, books, and several Hollywood movies. Write an essay about the Tsavo lions.

Part 1. Introduce Colonel Patterson and what he was doing when his crews started having trouble with the Tsavo lions.

Part 2. Describe the devastation and terror caused by the lions. What attempts were made to stop them?

Part 3. How were the lions finally killed? Where are the skins and heads of these lions now?

Part 4. What research is being done today to determine the number of victims of these lions and to determine what might have caused them to eat humans? What are they finding?

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