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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. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?
(a) Congenital deformity.
(b) Broken teeth from being shot.
(c) An old hip injury.
(d) Age and arthritis.

2. Which of the following is NOT something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?
(a) Condition of claws.
(b) Condition of teeth.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Speed.

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

4. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?
(a) They usually die young.
(b) He has never seen them become man-eaters.
(c) They are especially aggressive.
(d) They will automatically become man-eaters.

5. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?
(a) Poison bait.
(b) A beat to drive her down a narrow gorge.
(c) Snare traps.
(d) Forest fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?

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

3. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?

4. What was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?

5. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?

(see the answer key)

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