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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Pipal Pani Tiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?
(a) When their diet is low in salt.
(b) After they have been shot at by hunters.
(c) When people start to work in their territory.
(d) When they are compelled to through stress of circumstance.

2. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?
(a) Mange.
(b) Injuries from a porcupine.
(c) A woman cutting grass near her lair.
(d) An old gunshot would in her leg.

3. Where does Corbett first see the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) After many days of stalking him.
(b) While hunting a man-eater in a neighboring province.
(c) In a beautiful glade near his home.
(d) From the window of a train.

4. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?
(a) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.
(b) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.
(c) Snuck into her house and drug her away at night.
(d) Pulled her off a path from the next village.

5. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) The most sought after big game trophy in the province.
(b) The youngest man-eater.
(c) The old foe of a renowned hunter.
(d) A tiger of the most unusual color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?

2. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?

3. What does Corbett get distracted admiring as he is inspecting the road?

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

5. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?

(see the answer key)

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