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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. What does Corbett hear that makes him try a different tactic in his hunt for the Kanda man-eater?
(a) The tiger calling.
(b) News of another death in a neighboring town.
(c) None of the above.
(d) A langur warning call.

2. What happens to Corbett when he retrieves the fish?
(a) He is jerked headlong into the river.
(b) He slips and loses the fish.
(c) He gets stalked by a python.
(d) He loses his rod and tackle in the fast current.

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

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

5. What causes the tiger to flee from the kill area in the morning after Corbett's night tree vigil?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The call of Corbett's men on the ridge.
(c) Another tiger arriving.
(d) A wild shot Corbett made.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get wounded in the shoulder?

3. Why is Corbett in a hurry to find the tiger as time moves on?

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

5. When the Pipal Pani tiger first goes briefly missing, where has he gone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the setting of the chapter The Fish of My Dreams.

4. When Corbett waits in a tree for the Kanda man-eater, he is jerked to full awareness by a langur warning call. What does Corbett first think it is that made the langur call, and what does it turn out to be? Explain.

5. Why does Corbett experience mixed emotions after shooting the Pipal Pani tiger?

6. What unexpected thing does the Pipal Pani tiger do when he gets shot in the shoulder?

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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?

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