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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Kanda Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett decide to do before following the blood trail from the leopard?
(a) Clean his rifle.
(b) Tie Robin to a tree.
(c) Listen to the jungle sounds to see what he could tell about the leopard.
(d) Make a plan with the other men.

2. What does the Bachelor of Powalgarh do after Corbett fires his first shot at him?
(a) Try to attack Corbett.
(b) Rip a tree to shreds.
(c) Run away.
(d) Fall over and lie still.

3. What had the young man in the story just completed when he goes to leave some things at home?
(a) Finish school.
(b) An seafaring internship.
(c) Training as a tour guide.
(d) Enlist in the military.

4. Which of the following is NOT something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?
(a) Speed.
(b) Condition of teeth.
(c) Condition of claws.
(d) Hearing.

5. What does Corbett discover the morning after the storm when he checks on the first buffalo he staked out in hopes of luring the Mohan man-eater?
(a) The buffalo killed by a leopard.
(b) The buffalo gone.
(c) The buffalo half eaten by the tiger.
(d) The buffalo killed by lightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

2. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?

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

4. What does the father do when he realizes his son is missing?

5. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?

(see the answer key)

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