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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Chowgarh Tigers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Thorn bushes.
(c) A weaving loom.
(d) His saddle and gun.

2. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?
(a) In the village square comforting the locals.
(b) None of the above.
(c) In a luxury tourist bungalow.
(d) Up a tree.

3. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) The tigers kill during the day and the leopards at night.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The leopards eat less of the victim.
(d) The tigers remove their victims from the kill site.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the Chowgarh tigers doing when Corbett first sees them?

4. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?

5. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?

(see the answer key)

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