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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Corbett's best guess at the weight of the fish?
(a) A single pound at most.
(b) Five pounds.
(c) Fifteen pounds.
(d) Fifty pounds.

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?
(a) Back into the still pool.
(b) In water tied to a tree.
(c) Hanging out of otter's reach from a tree branch.
(d) Buried unter some medium sized rocks on the bottom of the river.

7. What does Corbett says happens when one has unlimited undisturbed water to fish in?
(a) All the spots start looking the same.
(b) It is easy to be indecisive.
(c) One gets overcritical.
(d) Even skeptics turn into fishermen.

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

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

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

11. 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) News of another death in a neighboring town.
(c) The tiger calling.
(d) A langur warning call.

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

13. 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) Chew some leaves that make his throat numb.
(d) None of the above.

14. When does the Kanda tiger stalk and prepare to hunt the men from the village?
(a) When they are traveling out of town.
(b) When they are bringing buffalo for Corbett to use as bait.
(c) When they are cutting leaves from trees for fodder.
(d) When they sit to rest at the edge of the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?

2. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?

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

4. What information does Corbett claim to know about the Pipal Pani Tiger's early history?

5. What animals visit the scene of the missing dead chital?

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