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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the chital that the tiger had killed and left?
(a) Another tiger had arrived and eaten much of it.
(b) The sandy bank gave way and deposited it into a river.
(c) Some men cut it up and took it.
(d) A leopard took it away.

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

3. Why does Corbett need to kill a snake before hunting a man-eater?
(a) He uses the venom as poison.
(b) The odor of snake meat is a powerful lure.
(c) To create faith in him from the people of the area.
(d) Superstition.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?
(a) Gender.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Whether the animal has recently eaten human flesh.
(d) The direction it was heading.

6. What is Corbett hoping to do after he sends his men back when he gives up filming?
(a) Go for a swim.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Catch a fish for his dinner.
(d) Get one last glimpse of the python.

7. When does the father finally find the remains of his son?
(a) When the villagers return to work.
(b) When Corbett tracks the tiger.
(c) When he trips into the ravine.
(d) When he climbs a knoll to rest at dawn.

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

9. What does a friend bring to Corbett from the scene where the tiger was shot at night?
(a) Some hairs.
(b) A bone shard.
(c) A tooth.
(d) A claw.

10. What is missing from the first kill site that Corbett sees of the Thak man-eater?
(a) Tracks.
(b) Blood.
(c) A drag.
(d) Evidence of struggle.

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

12. What animals visit the kill site the first night Corbett sits out waiting for the Thak man-eater?
(a) A leopard and a sambhar.
(b) A sambhar and a porcupine.
(c) Two bears.
(d) Two porcupines and a bear.

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

14. What does Corbett say is more important than the weight of the fish?
(a) The thrill of the moment.
(b) The taking of a life from the river.
(c) The epic battle in order to catch it.
(d) The memory of the beautiful place.

15. Why is Corbett in a hurry to find the tiger as time moves on?
(a) He knows the tiger is about to move locations.
(b) The tigress is killing many, many people.
(c) He has promised his family to retire on the 1st.
(d) The contractors are about to arrive with men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Corbett wake up with the first morning in Mohan?

2. What does Corbett get distracted admiring as he is inspecting the road?

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

4. What does Corbett see first on the trail as he is stalking the man-eater of Mohan?

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

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