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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. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?
(a) Defensive.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Rancorous.
(d) Instinctual.

2. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.
(b) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.
(c) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.
(d) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.

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) No information that could explain what happened.
(b) Evidence that it was the man-eater tigress.
(c) Indication it was one of the man-eater tigress's cubs.
(d) A cow killed by a leopard.

4. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?
(a) A tiger on a fresh kill.
(b) A person entering the tiger's territory.
(c) A tigress with small cubs.
(d) A wounded tiger.

5. What does Corbett find exasperating about one of the men that guides in Champawat?
(a) He is convinced Corbett will die that day.
(b) He can't walk and talk at the same time.
(c) He says Corbett's gun is insufficient.
(d) The man brags he could kill the man-eater tiger if given the chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?

2. What affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?

3. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?

4. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?

5. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

(see the answer key)

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