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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett hear from Thak that goes unexplained?
(a) A flock of crows gathering and calling.
(b) Two tigers fighting.
(c) Three terrible human cries of anguish.
(d) Tiger calls.

2. What animal is the Pipal Pani tiger mistaken for and shot?
(a) A pig.
(b) A ghooral.
(c) A man-eating tiger.
(d) A hyena.

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

4. Where does the Pipal Pani tiger make his home?
(a) In a cave protected by big rocks.
(b) Under some dense, thorny bushes.
(c) On a pinnacle overlooking the area.
(d) On a large fallen tree.

5. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?
(a) He wants to listen to the sounds around him.
(b) He has an overwhelming sense of doom.
(c) He doesn't want to maneuver a gun with sweaty hands.
(d) The view is remarkable.

6. Which of the following best characterizes the size of the fish Corbett catches?
(a) Huge.
(b) Medium sized.
(c) Small.
(d) Large.

7. Where does the fish swim to while Corbett watches?
(a) In between two large rocks.
(b) To the other side of the river.
(c) A deep pool.
(d) Down stream and out of sight.

8. 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 contractors are about to arrive with men.
(c) The tigress is killing many, many people.
(d) He has promised his family to retire on the 1st.

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

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

11. Which of the following is a theory that Corbett develops about why the Thak tigress had become a man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(b) She had a severe mineral deficiency.
(c) The logging in the area was driving away her prey.
(d) She had helped a previously killed man-eater hunt and eat its victims.

12. When Corbett is on a tall rock and thinks he sees the man-eater below him, what is he really looking at?
(a) The dead buffalo.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A different tiger.
(d) The sunlight on grass with a dark rock behind.

13. What does Corbett hear that makes him try a different tactic in his hunt for the Kanda man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The tiger calling.
(c) A langur warning call.
(d) News of another death in a neighboring town.

14. What does Corbett recommend great care be taken over when stalking tigers at their kills?
(a) To not alert the other wildlife.
(b) To kill the animal outright on the first shot.
(c) To not get drowsy.
(d) To develop perfect patience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Corbett hoping to do after he sends his men back when he gives up filming?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?

3. What brings the tiger to the base of the tree Corbett is sitting in?

4. When does the father finally find the remains of his son?

5. Why does Corbett give up trying to film his subject?

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