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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 does Corbett recommend great care be taken over when stalking tigers at their kills?

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

3. Who does the Thak man-eater cow into silence when they shout at her?

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

5. What is missing from the first kill site that Corbett sees of the Thak man-eater?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Why is Corbett forced to leave the fish? What does he do with it when he leaves?

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

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

In the story of the man-eater of Thak, the villagers are taking care of a temple that is one of many "peethas". Write an essay about what this is and the religious story behind it.

Part 1. Introduce Hinduism, and some of the major gods and goddesses. Make sure to include Shiva and Parvati (or Sati).

Part 2. Tell the relevant story of Parvati, her father, and Shiva.

Part 3. Explain how the story relates to temple in the story, and explain the word "Peetha". Do all the Shakti Peethas have temples? What else is there?

Essay Topic 3

Corbett refers many times to an unexplained feeling of danger that warns him when a tiger is nearby. Write an essay about extra-sensory perception.

Part 1. Describe the "feeling of danger" that Corbett experiences many times in his stories. Is Corbett's experience a common one?

Part 2. Explain what extra-sensory perception is, and the various forms it is reportedly experienced.

Part 3. Discuss the scientific approach that has been taken to explain ESP and the results.

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