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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 see first on the trail as he is stalking the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) The end of the tail of the tiger.
(b) A bird scurrying away.
(c) The shadow of the tiger.
(d) The hind foot of the tiger.

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

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

4. What does a friend bring to Corbett from the scene where the tiger was shot at night?
(a) A claw.
(b) A tooth.
(c) A bone shard.
(d) Some hairs.

5. What does the father do when he realizes his son is missing?
(a) Searches all night in the wilderness for him.
(b) Gather a group to go on a tiger hunt.
(c) Weep uncontrollably.
(d) Send a telegram to Corbett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Corbett find for the tiger in Mohan to have become a man-eater?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?

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

4. What does Corbett watch the Pipal Pani do over the winter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get injured in the head? What does Corbett see that he is able to know this?

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

4. Describe the night Corbett spends in a tree waiting for the Kanda man-eater. What happens at night and how does it end?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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.

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