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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Champawat Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Over four hundred.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty-four.

3. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?
(a) A cow killed by a leopard.
(b) Indication it was one of the man-eater tigress's cubs.
(c) Evidence that it was the man-eater tigress.
(d) No information that could explain what happened.

4. What conclusion does Corbett draw from differences between man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) Leopards are more fond of human flesh than tigers.
(b) Because they are unafraid of people, tigers are easier to kill.
(c) Leopards are remarkably hard to track.
(d) Leopards are easier to catch directly after a kill.

5. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) They smell.
(b) They have a tendency to be mangy.
(c) They have all been remarkably fine.
(d) The tigers often have bald spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?

2. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?

3. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

4. What does Corbett find exasperating about one of the men that guides in Champawat?

5. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?

(see the answer key)

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