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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

4. 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?
(a) The buffalo killed by a leopard.
(b) The buffalo gone.
(c) The buffalo killed by lightening.
(d) The buffalo half eaten by the tiger.

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

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

7. 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.

8. What letter is included in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater?
(a) A letter of defeat from a hunter after the tiger.
(b) An admittance letter for the young man.
(c) A letter from the people asking Corbett for his help.
(d) The resignation of the game warden.

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

10. 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) The view is remarkable.
(c) He doesn't want to maneuver a gun with sweaty hands.
(d) He has an overwhelming sense of doom.

11. What does Corbett realize after reeling in sixty yards of the fishing line?
(a) There is a branch wrapped in his line.
(b) He did not use bait.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The fish is still on the line.

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

13. Who does the Thak man-eater cow into silence when they shout at her?
(a) The men at the labor camp.
(b) The rescue party of her last victim.
(c) A group of big game hunters from out of town.
(d) Corbett's men.

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

15. What had the young man in the story just completed when he goes to leave some things at home?
(a) Enlist in the military.
(b) An seafaring internship.
(c) Training as a tour guide.
(d) Finish school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who comes to see Corbett nearly as soon as he arrives.

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

4. What indication does Corbett find that the latest victim of the tiger was not looked for after being taken?

5. What does Corbett worry the Pipal Pani tiger will do after being wounded?

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