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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. 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) She is old and was driven out of her territory by a younger tiger.
(d) None of the above.

2. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?
(a) That we stalk them too.
(b) That we have no sense of smell.
(c) That we fight to preserve every one of our species.
(d) That it is technology, and not nature, that makes us strong.

3. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?
(a) They miss the shot.
(b) The man-eater senses their presence and stays hidden.
(c) In the murky light they mistake it for a bear.
(d) The gun jams and does not fire.

4. What does Corbett say plays an important part in the sport of hunting man-eaters?
(a) Monkeys and luck.
(b) The other beings of the forest and the wind.
(c) The wind and a good hunting dog.
(d) All of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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