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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. Whose home does Corbett see when traveling from town to town in pursuit of the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The first victim of the Chowgarh tiger, an out of town goat herd.
(c) The only survivor of a Chowarh tiger attack.
(d) An American hunter.

2. Where does the wounded leopard go with Corbett and Robin tracking close behind?
(a) Into a large lantana bush.
(b) Into a dense, nearly impassable part of the forest.
(c) Into a large cluster of rocks.
(d) Up a tree.

3. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?
(a) A beat to drive her down a narrow gorge.
(b) Forest fire.
(c) Snare traps.
(d) Poison bait.

4. What had killed the cow that Corbett investigates when looking for the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) A fine male leopard.
(b) A bear.
(c) The Chowgarh man-eater.
(d) A young tiger looking for territory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?

2. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?

3. When Corbett finally overtakes the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh, how is he moving through the forest?

4. What affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?

5. What happens while Corbett is writing the story about Robin?

(see the answer key)

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