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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 is Corbett trying to film out in the submontane valley?
(a) None of the above.
(b) A rare butterfly.
(c) A tigress and her cubs.
(d) A python.

2. What does Corbett deduce about the man-eater from the information the villagers give him?
(a) It has poor eyesight.
(b) It is very old.
(c) It has an injured leg.
(d) None of the above.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbett say he has a great distaste for?

3. Who does Corbett stop and talk to on the train into the Mohan forest bungalow?

4. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?

5. Which of the following best characterizes how Corbett feels after shooting the Pipal Pani tiger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Corbett finally encounters the Thak man-eater?

3. 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?

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

5. Describe the encounter Corbett has on the trail with the woman filling a water jug. What is he happy he has accomplished?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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