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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 hears what he believes are stones falling at night and investigates, what does he find?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The villagers throwing rocks to scare the tiger.
(c) Frogs making the sound.
(d) Fresh pugmarks climbing a rocky bank.

2. What does Corbett learn from the Chital?
(a) The leopard is alive and moving.
(b) A second leopard showed up.
(c) The wounded leopard was sighted miles from the spot.
(d) The leopard is near death.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment does Robin have that limits his abilities?

2. Who is being threatened by the Bachelor of Powalgarh when Corbett comes across them?

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

4. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

5. What does the father do when he realizes his son is missing?

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