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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. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?
(a) Over a thousand.
(b) Four hundred and thirty six.
(c) Forty two.
(d) Eight.

2. When Corbett finally overtakes the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh, how is he moving through the forest?
(a) Running at full speed.
(b) Riding a water buffalo.
(c) Crawling on his stomach.
(d) Crashing blindly through the underbrush.

3. What interesting information do the people of Mohan give Corbett about the man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(b) It moans almost all the time.
(c) It moves at a sideways angle.
(d) It usually kills people while they sleep.

4. How does Corbett get a hold of the fish?
(a) He grabs it while it is wedged between two rocks.
(b) The fish leaps out of the water while trying to escape him.
(c) He scoops the fish up in a net from a still pool.
(d) He slowly battles the fish into shallow water then tosses it onto land.

5. What reason did Corbett find for the tiger in Mohan to have become a man-eater?
(a) Porcupine quills in his foreleg.
(b) A bullet in his shoulder.
(c) An old hip fracture.
(d) Broken teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Corbett see and wish he could photograph in the story about the fish of his dreams?

2. In what state does Corbett find the people of Pali when he arrives?

3. What does Corbett do when he desperately needs to cough while stalking the man-eater of Mohan?

4. What keeps the exhausted Corbett awake when he finally returns to town after killing the first tiger?

5. What does Corbett decide to do when stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

(see the answer key)

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