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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 happens to Corbett when he retrieves the fish?
(a) He loses his rod and tackle in the fast current.
(b) He is jerked headlong into the river.
(c) He gets stalked by a python.
(d) He slips and loses the fish.

2. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?
(a) The twitching of his left ear.
(b) The one on that makes the hair on the back of his leg stand up.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Salivating.

3. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?
(a) Hanging out of otter's reach from a tree branch.
(b) In water tied to a tree.
(c) Back into the still pool.
(d) Buried unter some medium sized rocks on the bottom of the river.

4. What letter is included in the chapter about the Kanda man-eater?
(a) A letter from the people asking Corbett for his help.
(b) The resignation of the game warden.
(c) A letter of defeat from a hunter after the tiger.
(d) An admittance letter for the young man.

5. How does Corbett decide to continue his pursuit of the man-eater after his unsuccessful first encounter with him?
(a) Stake out another bufallo.
(b) Lace the kill with poison.
(c) Organize a beat.
(d) Keep vigil over the kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?

2. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?

3. What was Corbett's best guess at the weight of the fish?

4. What did the tigress of Muktesar do with the first person she killed?

5. How does Corbett choose to approach the leopard?

(see the answer key)

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