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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. Who tracks the man-eater or Thak the first time?
(a) Corbett and ten men from the village.
(b) Corbett, Ibbotson, and Tewari.
(c) Just Corbett.
(d) Three groups of three.

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) Gender.
(c) Whether the animal has recently eaten human flesh.
(d) The direction it was heading.

3. What interesting information do the people of Mohan give Corbett about the man-eater?
(a) It usually kills people while they sleep.
(b) It moves at a sideways angle.
(c) None of the above.
(d) It moans almost all the time.

4. What does Corbett recommend great care be taken over when stalking tigers at their kills?
(a) To not alert the other wildlife.
(b) To kill the animal outright on the first shot.
(c) To not get drowsy.
(d) To develop perfect patience.

5. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?
(a) Hanging out of otter's reach from a tree branch.
(b) Buried unter some medium sized rocks on the bottom of the river.
(c) In water tied to a tree.
(d) Back into the still pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father do when he realizes his son is missing?

2. What animals visit the scene of the missing dead chital?

3. What animal does Corbett see and wish he could photograph in the story about the fish of his dreams?

4. What indication does Corbett find that the latest victim of the tiger was not looked for after being taken?

5. Who comes to see Corbett nearly as soon as he arrives.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. 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 when Corbett returns to the spot he left the fish?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Corbett worry about Ibbotson and his men one night after they leave him to sit up over a kill at night? What happens, and why didn't Corbett do anything?

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