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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His color.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His size.

2. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) A young tiger that was passing through.
(b) A ghooral that had hurt a little girl.
(c) A leopard that had killed people in another area.
(d) An old leopard that was killing cattle.

3. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?
(a) It was perfectly situated to see the valley below.
(b) That there is another story "beyond the laws of nature" to tell of it.
(c) It was so uncomfortable he considered spending the night in the forest.
(d) It was the only safe place for miles.

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

5. What ailment does Corbett wake up with the first morning in Mohan?
(a) A cough.
(b) A fever.
(c) A horrible rash.
(d) Laryngitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett say plays an important part in the sport of hunting man-eaters?

2. What do the forest guard and fisherman allegedly trip over while fleeing from the man-eater of Mohan?

3. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?

4. What keeps the exhausted Corbett awake when he finally returns to town after killing the first tiger?

5. What is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?

(see the answer key)

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