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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Have a group of men beat the leopard out for them.
(c) Climb a nearby tree and out wait the leopard.
(d) Go home and return the next day.

2. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?
(a) He can't see into the bush and wishes to be carried.
(b) There are monkeys in the bush.
(c) The tiger is in the bush.
(d) He lost the scent trail.

3. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The time Robin faced down a leopard.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.
(d) The time Robin saved his life.

4. Who comes to see Corbett nearly as soon as he arrives.
(a) The oldest women of the village.
(b) The father of the latest victim.
(c) The people of the nearby village.
(d) The local authorities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Corbett is on a tall rock and thinks he sees the man-eater below him, what is he really looking at?

2. What does Corbett deduce about the man-eater from the information the villagers give him?

3. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?

4. Whose aid does Corbett unsuccessfully enlist to find the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh?

5. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

(see the answer key)

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