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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Fish of My Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bachelor of Powalgarh do after Corbett fires his first shot at him?
(a) Run away.
(b) Try to attack Corbett.
(c) Fall over and lie still.
(d) Rip a tree to shreds.

2. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) A young tiger that was passing through.
(b) A ghooral that had hurt a little girl.
(c) An old leopard that was killing cattle.
(d) A leopard that had killed people in another area.

3. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?
(a) The one on that makes the hair on the back of his leg stand up.
(b) The twitching of his left ear.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Salivating.

4. What indication does Corbett find that the latest victim of the tiger was not looked for after being taken?
(a) A beaded necklace on the ground.
(b) No footprints.
(c) Body parts.
(d) A sickle and three lengths of rope on the ground.

5. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?
(a) Hanging out of otter's reach from a tree branch.
(b) In water tied to a tree.
(c) Buried unter some medium sized rocks on the bottom of the river.
(d) Back into the still pool.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Corbett when he retrieves the fish?

3. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?

4. What reason did Corbett find for the tiger in Mohan to have become a man-eater?

5. What was Corbett's best guess at the weight of the fish?

(see the answer key)

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