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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Kanda Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Corbett is on a tall rock and thinks he sees the man-eater below him, what is he really looking at?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The dead buffalo.
(c) A different tiger.
(d) The sunlight on grass with a dark rock behind.

2. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?
(a) That Corbett had been killed.
(b) That Corbett was invincible.
(c) That the tiger was dead or dying.
(d) None of the above.

3. How does Corbett choose to approach the leopard?
(a) He circles around him, spiraling inward.
(b) With all the men in long line moving forward together.
(c) Creeping toward him in the cover of a fallen log.
(d) He sends Robin first to scare him out of cover.

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

5. What affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?
(a) She died of a heart attack.
(b) She lost her power of speech.
(c) She became religious.
(d) She threw up.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

2. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?

3. What does Corbett say he has a great distaste for?

4. What tale of heroism does Corbett tell?

5. What does Corbett say plays an important role in our enjoyment of outdoor sports?

(see the answer key)

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