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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. Why does Corbett decide to go home after wounding the leopard?
(a) He thinks the leopard would die shortly.
(b) He needs to get Robin.
(c) He needs more men.
(d) It is getting close to dark.

2. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?
(a) The human population is easier prey.
(b) One of the Hindu traditions of disposing of the dead.
(c) The change in livestock management.
(d) None of the above.

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

4. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.
(b) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.
(c) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.
(d) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.

5. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?
(a) He has never seen them become man-eaters.
(b) They are especially aggressive.
(c) They usually die young.
(d) They will automatically become man-eaters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?

3. What happens that makes Corbett know he's picked a winner in Robin?

4. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?

5. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

(see the answer key)

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