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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Pipal Pani Tiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?
(a) A tiger on a fresh kill.
(b) A wounded tiger.
(c) A tigress with small cubs.
(d) A person entering the tiger's territory.

2. What does Corbett watch the Pipal Pani do over the winter?
(a) Grow up.
(b) Kill leopards.
(c) Start to watch people on roads.
(d) Drive away other tigers.

3. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) They smell.
(b) They have a tendency to be mangy.
(c) The tigers often have bald spots.
(d) They have all been remarkably fine.

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

5. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?
(a) At a watering hole on his way out of town.
(b) When he watches the place the tiger left her last victim.
(c) From a ridge the night before his departure.
(d) When the tiger circles the village he is in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?

2. What does Corbett say plays an important part in the sport of hunting man-eaters?

3. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that makes the valley Corbett fishes in so pleasant?

5. What is Robin's pedigree?

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