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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Thak Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett say plays an important role in our enjoyment of outdoor sports?
(a) The people with you.
(b) The environment.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The element of danger.

2. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?
(a) That Corbett was invincible.
(b) That Corbett had been killed.
(c) That the tiger was dead or dying.
(d) None of the above.

3. What is only two or three hundred yards from the Foresters hut where Corbett stays in Mohan?
(a) None of the above.
(b) A hunters lookout.
(c) A tree where the tiger had killed just days before.
(d) A village.

4. When does the Kanda tiger stalk and prepare to hunt the men from the village?
(a) When they are bringing buffalo for Corbett to use as bait.
(b) When they are traveling out of town.
(c) When they sit to rest at the edge of the village.
(d) When they are cutting leaves from trees for fodder.

5. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?
(a) That it is technology, and not nature, that makes us strong.
(b) That we stalk them too.
(c) That we have no sense of smell.
(d) That we fight to preserve every one of our species.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?

2. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?

3. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?

4. What does Corbett get distracted admiring as he is inspecting the road?

5. When Corbett finally overtakes the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh, how is he moving through the forest?

(see the answer key)

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