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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. In what state does Corbett find the people of Pali when he arrives?
(a) Loading up their belongings to leave.
(b) In a town meeting deciding what to do about the tiger.
(c) Furiously pounding the bush to drive the tiger away.
(d) In abject terror and locked in their homes.

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

3. What happens to the girl the Chowgarh man-eater leaves wounded?
(a) She dies weeks later of infection.
(b) She heals.
(c) She dies minutes later.
(d) She is left in the square where the tiger kills her that night.

4. What brings the tiger to the base of the tree Corbett is sitting in?
(a) It is passing on its way to the dead buffalo.
(b) Coincidence.
(c) It is stalking him.
(d) A teasing langur.

5. When Corbett hears what he believes are stones falling at night and investigates, what does he find?
(a) The villagers throwing rocks to scare the tiger.
(b) Frogs making the sound.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Fresh pugmarks climbing a rocky bank.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?

3. What does Corbett say plays an important role in our enjoyment of outdoor sports?

4. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?

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

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