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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Chowgarh Tigers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Corbett return to the spot where he shot the leopard?
(a) Late that afternoon.
(b) Two days later.
(c) At dawn the next morning.
(d) Just agout an hour later.

2. What establishes the fact that the first of the Chowgrarh tigers Corbett kills is also a man-eater?
(a) Reports from a neighboring region where the younger tiger had killed people.
(b) None of the above.
(c) That a man and wife had been killed simultaneously.
(d) Clothes found in the stomach of the tiger.

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

4. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?
(a) It is best to give the tiger the benefit of the doubt.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A post-mortem on the victim is important before assuming the death was caused by a tiger.
(d) The circumstance must be understood.

5. Who was Robin amongst the litter?
(a) The only one with no white on him.
(b) The smallest and thinnest.
(c) The only one left.
(d) The largest and most aggressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?

2. How is inter village communication maintained during the time of the Chowgarh tiger when the paths are too dangerous to use?

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

4. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?

5. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?

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