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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Corbett get a hold of the fish?
(a) He scoops the fish up in a net from a still pool.
(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 grabs it while it is wedged between two rocks.

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

4. What is Corbett's first strategy to hunt the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) Beating the tiger out of a ravine.
(b) Keeping vigil on the road until the tiger passes.
(c) Watching t
(d) Staking out buffalo as bait.

5. Why did the young man and a group of men venture far from the village?
(a) They heard the tiger and decided to hunt it.
(b) Three women were missing.
(c) In search of fodder for cattle.
(d) To find the young man's father.

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

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

8. What time of day does Corbett kill the Thak man-eater?
(a) At the break of dawn.
(b) At noon.
(c) At the very last light of day.
(d) At night.

9. Who lost the most cattle to the Pipal Pani tiger?
(a) The government.
(b) Corbett.
(c) The man who shot him.
(d) A very poor couple trying to raise six children.

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

11. What does Corbett deduce about the man-eater from the information the villagers give him?
(a) It has an injured leg.
(b) It is very old.
(c) It has poor eyesight.
(d) None of the above.

12. What does Corbett do when he desperately needs to cough while stalking the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) Leave the area.
(b) Make bird sounds to clear his throat.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Chew some leaves that make his throat numb.

13. What do the townspeople of Thak decide to do?
(a) Abandon their town until the man-eater is killed.
(b) Build a fence around their town.
(c) Enlist the help of a holy man to drive away the tiger spirit.
(d) Raise mony to pay Corbett.

14. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?
(a) More people make more noise.
(b) He feels to responsible for everyone else.
(c) It is easy to get careless in a crowd.
(d) The fear of other people makes him nervous.

15. What does Corbett worry the Pipal Pani tiger will do after being wounded?
(a) Hole up and die.
(b) Become a man-eater.
(c) Return to the village like he had before.
(d) Move to another area.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best characterizes how the tiger cub approached the place he had left the chital?

3. Why does Corbett need to kill a snake before hunting a man-eater?

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

5. What animals visit the kill site the first night Corbett sits out waiting for the Thak man-eater?

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