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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. Who does Corbett go fetch to help him retrieve the body of the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) The other big game hunters.
(b) None of the above
(c) The owner of the water fuffalo.
(d) His sister and a party of twenty men.

2. Whose aid does Corbett unsuccessfully enlist to find the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) All of his men.
(b) The other big game hunters after him.
(c) A small herd of water buffalo.
(d) A band of monkeys.

3. What is Corbett trying to film out in the submontane valley?
(a) A python.
(b) A tigress and her cubs.
(c) None of the above.
(d) A rare butterfly.

4. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?
(a) Age and arthritis.
(b) Broken teeth from being shot.
(c) Congenital deformity.
(d) An old hip injury.

5. What indication does Corbett find that the latest victim of the tiger was not looked for after being taken?
(a) No footprints.
(b) A beaded necklace on the ground.
(c) Body parts.
(d) A sickle and three lengths of rope on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do leopards, who are to a certain extent scavengers, become man-eaters?

2. When Corbett is on a tall rock and thinks he sees the man-eater below him, what is he really looking at?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Corbett says worked to his advantage when he finally came face to face with the Chowgarh man-eater?

4. Who comes to see Corbett nearly as soon as he arrives.

5. What does Corbett finally kill the bear they chase with?

(see the answer key)

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