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

2. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?
(a) Monarch of the forests.
(b) Aggressive and cruel.
(c) Instinctual and natural.
(d) Large hearted gentleman with boundless courage.

3. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The time Robin saved his life.
(d) The time Robin faced down a leopard.

4. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?
(a) He was raised by a tigress.
(b) He knows he is not in a tiger's territory.
(c) He knows tigers do not hurt people if they are left alone.
(d) He had a charm put on him as a baby to thwart tigers.

5. What keeps the exhausted Corbett awake when he finally returns to town after killing the first tiger?
(a) A violent storm.
(b) News of another person killed by the tiger.
(c) The villagers celebrating the death of the tiger.
(d) The second tiger circling the village and calling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes how Corbett feels after shooting the Pipal Pani tiger?

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

3. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?

4. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?

5. How does Corbett decide to continue his pursuit of the man-eater after his unsuccessful first encounter with him?

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