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

2. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?
(a) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.
(b) Pulled her off a path from the next village.
(c) Snuck into her house and drug her away at night.
(d) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.

3. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?
(a) It is best to give the tiger the benefit of the doubt.
(b) A post-mortem on the victim is important before assuming the death was caused by a tiger.
(c) The circumstance must be understood.
(d) All of the above.

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

5. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?
(a) He knows tigers do not hurt people if they are left alone.
(b) He had a charm put on him as a baby to thwart tigers.
(c) He was raised by a tigress.
(d) He knows he is not in a tiger's territory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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