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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Corbett stop and talk to on the train into the Mohan forest bungalow?
(a) A group of hunters leaving the area.
(b) A terrified group of women.
(c) None of the above.
(d) An old man who was attacked years before by the tiger.

2. Who was the first victim of the Mohan Man-eater?
(a) A mother out cutting grass for her cattle.
(b) A girl who stayed with her injured companion.
(c) An injured old lady.
(d) A child who strayed into the forest.

3. Who tracks the man-eater or Thak the first time?
(a) Corbett and ten men from the village.
(b) Just Corbett.
(c) Corbett, Ibbotson, and Tewari.
(d) Three groups of three.

4. What does Corbett claim to enjoy doing?
(a) Sitting up over a kill.
(b) Watching young tigers hunt.
(c) Stalking predators.
(d) Scaring the locals.

5. Which of the following is a habit of the Thak man-eater?
(a) Take her kill into a tree.
(b) To moan when she moves.
(c) To stay away from population centers.
(d) Follow people on the trail.

6. Who is with Corbett when he shoots the Thak man-eater?
(a) The men from the labor camp.
(b) Ibbotson.
(c) Four men and two goats.
(d) Eight villagers from Thak.

7. When the Pipal Pani tiger first goes briefly missing, where has he gone?
(a) To hide with injuries.
(b) Into more populated areas.
(c) To get a mate.
(d) To move to areas of more plentiful game.

8. What does the father do when he realizes his son is missing?
(a) Gather a group to go on a tiger hunt.
(b) Send a telegram to Corbett.
(c) Weep uncontrollably.
(d) Searches all night in the wilderness for him.

9. What lesson does Corbett teach the cub of Pipal Pani?
(a) People are to feared.
(b) To be cautious returning to a kill.
(c) Not to approach his back yard.
(d) How to catch peafowl.

10. What does Corbett thinks killed the buffalo that died but was not killed by the tiger?
(a) A villager hoping to lure the tiger with blood.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A snake.
(d) Fear.

11. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get wounded in the shoulder?
(a) A fight with a leopard.
(b) He isn't careful returning to a kill and gets shot.
(c) A fight with another tiger.
(d) He gets shot when attacking cattle.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that makes the valley Corbett fishes in so pleasant?
(a) The abundant wildlife.
(b) The perfume of the flowers.
(c) The mountains nearby.
(d) None of the above.

13. What does the snake do when Corbett hits the back of its head with a stone?
(a) Whip around and turn to attack him.
(b) Die.
(c) Flee into the forest.
(d) Sink to the bottom of the pool.

14. When Corbett hears what he believes are stones falling at night and investigates, what does he find?
(a) Frogs making the sound.
(b) The villagers throwing rocks to scare the tiger.
(c) Fresh pugmarks climbing a rocky bank.
(d) None of the above.

15. What do the forest guard and fisherman allegedly trip over while fleeing from the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) A snare trap for the tiger.
(b) A log.
(c) Each other.
(d) A sleeping bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the tiger leave the base of Corbett's tree?

2. What happened to the chital that the tiger had killed and left?

3. What letter is included in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater?

4. What happens when the fish Corbett first catches reaches the end of the fishing line?

5. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?

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