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

2. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?
(a) Over a thousand.
(b) Forty two.
(c) Four hundred and thirty six.
(d) Eight.

3. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?
(a) Aggressive and cruel.
(b) Monarch of the forests.
(c) Instinctual and natural.
(d) Large hearted gentleman with boundless courage.

4. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?
(a) That on this and other occasions he dressed as a woman to attract the man-eater and killed it with sickle.
(b) That he is convinced he is to die killed by a tiger.
(c) That he has killed a tiger bare handed.
(d) That he has killed hundreds of man-eaters.

5. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?
(a) She arrives a man-eater from Nepal after killing two hundred people there.
(b) A hunter from Champawat shot her in the hip.
(c) None of the above.
(d) She is old and was driven out of her territory by a younger tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?

2. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?

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 is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?

5. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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