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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Thak Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett watch the Pipal Pani do over the winter?
(a) Kill leopards.
(b) Grow up.
(c) Drive away other tigers.
(d) Start to watch people on roads.

2. Where does Corbett wait for the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Lying down in the open.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Wedged in between two rocks.
(d) In a tree.

3. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?
(a) At a watering hole on his way out of town.
(b) When the tiger circles the village he is in.
(c) When he watches the place the tiger left her last victim.
(d) From a ridge the night before his departure.

4. Why does the tiger leave the base of Corbett's tree?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Another tiger calls nearby.
(c) He gets tired of prowling.
(d) Corbett fires his rifle and drives it away.

5. When does Corbett return to the spot where he shot the leopard?
(a) At dawn the next morning.
(b) Two days later.
(c) Just agout an hour later.
(d) Late that afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the size of the fish Corbett catches?

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

3. What happens when the fish Corbett first catches reaches the end of the fishing line?

4. What does Corbett recommend great care be taken over when stalking tigers at their kills?

5. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

(see the answer key)

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