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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a theory that Corbett develops about why the Thak tigress had become a man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(b) She had helped a previously killed man-eater hunt and eat its victims.
(c) She had a severe mineral deficiency.
(d) The logging in the area was driving away her prey.

2. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The direction it was heading.
(c) Gender.
(d) Whether the animal has recently eaten human flesh.

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes the size of the fish Corbett catches?
(a) Small.
(b) Medium sized.
(c) Large.
(d) Huge.

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

6. What does Corbett say has altered as much as ladies fashion over the years?
(a) The kinds of fish in the river.
(b) His reasons for loving nature.
(c) His excuses to stay out late.
(d) Fishing rods and tackle.

7. What is Corbett hoping to do after he sends his men back when he gives up filming?
(a) Get one last glimpse of the python.
(b) Catch a fish for his dinner.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Go for a swim.

8. What does Corbett discover the morning after the storm when he checks on the first buffalo he staked out in hopes of luring the Mohan man-eater?
(a) The buffalo gone.
(b) The buffalo killed by a leopard.
(c) The buffalo half eaten by the tiger.
(d) The buffalo killed by lightening.

9. What does Corbett go to when he sees the Pipal Pani tiger and its mate?
(a) A road accident.
(b) A vulture in a tree.
(c) A tall rock overlooking a neighboring valley.
(d) None of the above.

10. What happens when the fish Corbett first catches reaches the end of the fishing line?
(a) The fish leaps out of the water.
(b) The rod jams and won't reel in the line.
(c) Corbett starts reeling the fish in.
(d) The line goes dead.

11. Who does Corbett stop and talk to on the train into the Mohan forest bungalow?
(a) A terrified group of women.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A group of hunters leaving the area.
(d) An old man who was attacked years before by the tiger.

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

13. When Corbett is on a tall rock and thinks he sees the man-eater below him, what is he really looking at?
(a) The sunlight on grass with a dark rock behind.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A different tiger.
(d) The dead buffalo.

14. Which of the following is a habit of the Thak man-eater?
(a) Follow people on the trail.
(b) To stay away from population centers.
(c) Take her kill into a tree.
(d) To moan when she moves.

15. What reason did Corbett find for the tiger in Mohan to have become a man-eater?
(a) A bullet in his shoulder.
(b) An old hip fracture.
(c) Broken teeth.
(d) Porcupine quills in his foreleg.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What tale of heroism does Corbett tell?

4. What is the last technique that Corbett uses to hunt the Thak man-eater?

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

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