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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Corbett watch the Pipal Pani do over the winter?
(a) Drive away other tigers.
(b) Kill leopards.
(c) Start to watch people on roads.
(d) Grow up.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Corbett stop and talk to on the train into the Mohan forest bungalow?

3. What does Corbett say has altered as much as ladies fashion over the years?

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

5. What does Corbett say is more important than the weight of the fish?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you characterize the relationship between Corbett and the Pipal Pani tiger over the tiger's life?

2. Why do many men come to the area of the Thak man-eater? What are they doing there and how do they feel about the tiger? How do they show it?

3. Describe Corbett's first encounter with the man-eater of Mohan when he senses him above the road on the overhang.

4. Summarize the story Corbett tells of bravery in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater.

5. What were Corbett's initial plans for the sleeping arrangement in Mohan? How and why were they changed?

6. What bothers Corbett about the way he kills the man-eater of Mohan? Why? What reasons does he give to justify his actions?

7. How does an old lady and a sixteen year old girl end up on the ledge of a cliff? What happens?

8. What run-in does the labor camp have with the man-eater of Thak? What happens?

9. Why is Corbett's feeling of relief greater than usual when he shoots the Thak man-eater?

10. What is Corbett's main intention at the locale of the story The Fish of My Dreams? Why is he having difficulty and when does he decide to go fishing?

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