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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Bachelor of Powalgarh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?
(a) From a ridge the night before his departure.
(b) When the tiger circles the village he is in.
(c) At a watering hole on his way out of town.
(d) When he watches the place the tiger left her last victim.

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

3. What is Robin's pedigree?
(a) Son of a legendary Indian hunting dog.
(b) None of the above.
(c) A well known and respected line of working dogs.
(d) Imported English hound.

4. Which of the following is NOT something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?
(a) Condition of claws.
(b) Condition of teeth.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Speed.

5. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?
(a) Indication it was one of the man-eater tigress's cubs.
(b) No information that could explain what happened.
(c) A cow killed by a leopard.
(d) Evidence that it was the man-eater tigress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?

2. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

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

4. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?

5. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?

(see the answer key)

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