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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 hears what he believes are stones falling at night and investigates, what does he find?
(a) Frogs making the sound.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Fresh pugmarks climbing a rocky bank.
(d) The villagers throwing rocks to scare the tiger.

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

3. What information does Corbett claim to know about the Pipal Pani Tiger's early history?
(a) His mother died when he was barely able to hunt.
(b) He had been raised as a housepet.
(c) He was chased out of Nepal after killing many people.
(d) That he was born in a deep ravine and was one of a family of three.

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

5. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?
(a) That Corbett was invincible.
(b) None of the above.
(c) That Corbett had been killed.
(d) That the tiger was dead or dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbett do when he desperately needs to cough while stalking the man-eater of Mohan?

3. Which of the following best characterizes how the tiger cub approached the place he had left the chital?

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

5. Which of the following best characterizes the size of the fish Corbett catches?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the setting particularly relevant to the story The Fish of My Dreams?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Corbett forced to leave the fish? What does he do with it when he leaves?

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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