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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. What does Corbett decide to do before following the blood trail from the leopard?
(a) Clean his rifle.
(b) Tie Robin to a tree.
(c) Listen to the jungle sounds to see what he could tell about the leopard.
(d) Make a plan with the other men.

2. When does Corbett encounter the snake in the pool of water?
(a) When he goes to get water for tea.
(b) When the villagers realize what he needs.
(c) When he is circling town looking for a man-eater.
(d) On his way into town.

3. What had killed the cow that Corbett investigates when looking for the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) A young tiger looking for territory.
(b) The Chowgarh man-eater.
(c) A bear.
(d) A fine male leopard.

4. 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) A different tiger.
(c) The dead buffalo.
(d) The sunlight on grass with a dark rock behind.

5. What does Corbett say he has a great distaste for?
(a) Going into mountain rivers over his head.
(b) Having an animal get the better of him.
(c) Wastefulness.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Kanda tiger stalk and prepare to hunt the men from the village?

2. What does Corbett get distracted admiring as he is inspecting the road?

3. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?

4. What act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?

5. What is Corbett's first strategy to hunt the man-eater of Mohan?

(see the answer key)

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