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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. Who comes to visit Corbett as soon as he arrives on the scene to hunt the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) Two other large game hunters.
(b) The grandmother of the latest victim.
(c) The mayor of the township.
(d) A spirit man protecting the tiger.

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

3. What happens while Corbett is writing the story about Robin?
(a) Robin's puppies are born.
(b) Robin dies.
(c) Corbett finds some old pictures of Robin.
(d) Robin begs and begs to go out hunting.

4. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?
(a) The leopard chases Robin across a clearing.
(b) The leopard springs at them from behind a log.
(c) Robin springs the leopard from a bush and Corbett shoots it.
(d) He finds the leopard nearly dead in a bush.

5. What act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?
(a) She runs after the tiger for a hundred yards yelling at it to let her sister go and take her instead.
(b) She clubs the tiger with a branch.
(c) She grabs her sister's baby from the hands of the woman as she is drug off.
(d) She tries to hang onto the tiger as it leaves with its prey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?

2. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

3. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?

4. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?

5. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?

(see the answer key)

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