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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 unsuccessfully do to try and locate the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh in dense bushes?
(a) Shoot into the bushes with small shotgun shot.
(b) Drive monkeys into the area.
(c) Light a fire that would creep across the area.
(d) Send for Robin.

2. Why does Corbett stop and rest just as he is approaching where he thinks the Kanda man-eater might be?
(a) The view is remarkable.
(b) He wants to listen to the sounds around him.
(c) He doesn't want to maneuver a gun with sweaty hands.
(d) He has an overwhelming sense of doom.

3. How does Corbett get a hold of the fish?
(a) He slowly battles the fish into shallow water then tosses it onto land.
(b) He grabs it while it is wedged between two rocks.
(c) The fish leaps out of the water while trying to escape him.
(d) He scoops the fish up in a net from a still pool.

4. What does Corbett do when he desperately needs to cough while stalking the man-eater of Mohan?
(a) Leave the area.
(b) Chew some leaves that make his throat numb.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Make bird sounds to clear his throat.

5. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?
(a) That the leopard may have moved.
(b) That someone else had come and killed and taken the leopard.
(c) That so many gunshots would ruin the skin.
(d) That the leopard may be suffering greatly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?

2. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

3. Why does Corbett chose to travel alone on the roads in the area of a man-eater?

4. When Corbett hears what he believes are stones falling at night and investigates, what does he find?

5. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?

(see the answer key)

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