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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 say is more important than the weight of the fish?
(a) The epic battle in order to catch it.
(b) The taking of a life from the river.
(c) The memory of the beautiful place.
(d) The thrill of the moment.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that makes the valley Corbett fishes in so pleasant?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The mountains nearby.
(c) The abundant wildlife.
(d) The perfume of the flowers.

3. What does Corbett thinks killed the buffalo that died but was not killed by the tiger?
(a) A leopard.
(b) A villager hoping to lure the tiger with blood.
(c) Fear.
(d) A snake.

4. What does Corbett worry the Pipal Pani tiger will do after being wounded?
(a) Hole up and die.
(b) Move to another area.
(c) Become a man-eater.
(d) Return to the village like he had before.

5. What brings the tiger to the base of the tree Corbett is sitting in?
(a) It is stalking him.
(b) A teasing langur.
(c) It is passing on its way to the dead buffalo.
(d) Coincidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett claim to enjoy doing?

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

3. Why did the young man and a group of men venture far from the village?

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

5. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Corbett mean when he says he sets out to follow the "drag" of the Mohan man-eater? Why does he say this term is misleading?

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

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

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

7. What happens when Corbett returns to the spot he left the fish?

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

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

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

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