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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Kanda Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Corbett need to kill a snake before hunting a man-eater?
(a) To create faith in him from the people of the area.
(b) He uses the venom as poison.
(c) The odor of snake meat is a powerful lure.
(d) Superstition.

2. What do Corbett and Robin do when the leopard is so inaccessible?
(a) Shoot where the leopard is likely to be in hopes of hitting it or driving it out.
(b) Climb a nearby tree and out wait the leopard.
(c) Have a group of men beat the leopard out for them.
(d) Go home and return the next day.

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

4. What does the snake do when Corbett hits the back of its head with a stone?
(a) Die.
(b) Sink to the bottom of the pool.
(c) Whip around and turn to attack him.
(d) Flee into the forest.

5. What does Corbett unsuccessfully do to try and locate the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh in dense bushes?
(a) Send for Robin.
(b) Shoot into the bushes with small shotgun shot.
(c) Drive monkeys into the area.
(d) Light a fire that would creep across the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Corbett decide to go home after wounding the leopard?

2. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?

3. Where does Corbett wait for the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

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

5. Where does the wounded leopard go with Corbett and Robin tracking close behind?

(see the answer key)

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