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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 the Pipal Pani tiger first goes briefly missing, where has he gone?
(a) Into more populated areas.
(b) To get a mate.
(c) To move to areas of more plentiful game.
(d) To hide with injuries.

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

3. When does Robin disappear?
(a) When all the other dogs swarm the leopard.
(b) When the leopard swats him with a paw.
(c) When they can hear the leopard charging at them but can't see it.
(d) When all the men open fire.

4. What happens that makes Corbett know he's picked a winner in Robin?
(a) Robin joins a group of hunting dogs that cornered a leopard.
(b) Robin growls when anybody approaches Corbett.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Robin hangs onto a wounded peafowl as it runs dragging him along.

5. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?
(a) Outside alone watching the road while his men were safe in a room.
(b) Helping the townspeople search for the tiger.
(c) Trying to re-assure the villagers.
(d) Barricaded in a house with everyone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do leopards, who are to a certain extent scavengers, become man-eaters?

2. What animal is the Pipal Pani tiger mistaken for and shot?

3. Who is being threatened by the Bachelor of Powalgarh when Corbett comes across them?

4. Why does the tiger leave the base of Corbett's tree?

5. What does Corbett finally kill the bear they chase with?

(see the answer key)

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