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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. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?
(a) More people make more noise.
(b) He feels to responsible for everyone else.
(c) It is easy to get careless in a crowd.
(d) The fear of other people makes him nervous.

2. How many days in all does it take Corbett to kill the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. Why did the young man and a group of men venture far from the village?
(a) They heard the tiger and decided to hunt it.
(b) To find the young man's father.
(c) Three women were missing.
(d) In search of fodder for cattle.

4. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?
(a) That the leopard may have moved.
(b) That so many gunshots would ruin the skin.
(c) That someone else had come and killed and taken the leopard.
(d) That the leopard may be suffering greatly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Corbett's overwhelming feeling immediately after he gets his first shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

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

3. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?

4. What does the snake do when Corbett hits the back of its head with a stone?

5. What do Corbett and Robin do when the leopard is so inaccessible?

(see the answer key)

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