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

2. 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 helped a previously killed man-eater hunt and eat its victims.
(c) The logging in the area was driving away her prey.
(d) She had a severe mineral deficiency.

3. What does Corbett say has altered as much as ladies fashion over the years?
(a) Fishing rods and tackle.
(b) His excuses to stay out late.
(c) The kinds of fish in the river.
(d) His reasons for loving nature.

4. What animals visit the scene of the missing dead chital?
(a) A boar and two chital.
(b) A tiger and a langur.
(c) A leopard and a boar.
(d) Two langurs and a leopard.

5. What happens when the fish Corbett first catches reaches the end of the fishing line?
(a) The fish leaps out of the water.
(b) The rod jams and won't reel in the line.
(c) The line goes dead.
(d) Corbett starts reeling the fish in.

6. Which of the following best characterizes how the tiger cub approached the place he had left the chital?
(a) Fearfully and nervously.
(b) Caustiously and thoughtfully.
(c) Directly and casually.
(d) Impatiently and angrily.

7. What brings the tiger to the base of the tree Corbett is sitting in?
(a) A teasing langur.
(b) It is stalking him.
(c) It is passing on its way to the dead buffalo.
(d) Coincidence.

8. How effective is sitting out over kills for Corbett when hunting the Thak man-eater?
(a) Not at all.
(b) The tiger circled each time but sensed his presence.
(c) He sees the tiger regularly but never gets a shot.
(d) He had a perfect opportunity which he missed.

9. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?
(a) When he is circling town looking for a man-eater.
(b) When he goes to get water for tea.
(c) On his way into town.
(d) When the villagers realize what he needs.

10. What did the Pipal Pani tiger no longer permit after his mate left?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Other tigers to be nearby.
(c) Vultures to feed on his kills.
(d) Corbett to watch his kill site.

11. What tale of heroism does Corbett tell?
(a) A local legend.
(b) A story told to him by another big game hunter who witnessed it.
(c) The Kanda man-eater's last victim.
(d) A fictional account of heroism.

12. What does Corbett see first on the trail as he is stalking the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) The shadow of the tiger.
(b) The hind foot of the tiger.
(c) A bird scurrying away.
(d) The end of the tail of the tiger.

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

14. How does Corbett decide to continue his pursuit of the man-eater after his unsuccessful first encounter with him?
(a) Keep vigil over the kill.
(b) Lace the kill with poison.
(c) Organize a beat.
(d) Stake out another bufallo.

15. Why does Corbett give up trying to film his subject?
(a) The subject disappears.
(b) The light gets bad.
(c) The tigress gets hostile.
(d) He gets tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is missing from the first kill site that Corbett sees of the Thak man-eater?

2. Who was the first victim of the Mohan Man-eater?

3. What does a friend bring to Corbett from the scene where the tiger was shot at night?

4. What does Corbett go to when he sees the Pipal Pani tiger and its mate?

5. What does Corbett discover the morning after the storm when he checks on the first buffalo he staked out in hopes of luring the Mohan man-eater?

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