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

2. 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.

3. 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 is circling town looking for a man-eater.
(d) When he goes to get water for tea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What tale of heroism does Corbett tell?

4. What does Corbett says happens when one has unlimited undisturbed water to fish in?

5. Who is with Corbett when he shoots the Thak man-eater?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Corbett finally encounters the Thak man-eater?

2. What does Corbett hear from the village of Thak when he sitting out over a dead buffalo waiting for the tiger to return? Why is this unusual? Where does it come from and what do people say it was?

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

4. What encounter does Corbett have with a hamadryad or a cobra while he is hunting the Kanda man-eater? What happens and why does Corbett feel better afterwards?

5. Describe how the Pipal Pani tiger gets shot for a second time, and how the men who go in search of him unknowingly put their lives in great danger, and what may have saved them.

6. Why does Corbett think that he might be able to lure the tiger to him by calling? How does his attempt go, and how does he explain the results?

7. What happens between the time that Corbett throws his line in the water and when he tosses the flopping fish onto the shore?

8. 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?

9. Describe Corbett's first encounter with the Kanda man-eater. How does it end?

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

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