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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 worry about when he sees Robin missing?
(a) That the leopard had killed him.
(b) That Robin wouldn't make it home alone.
(c) That the other dogs had hurt Robin.
(d) That Robin was scared of gunfire.

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

3. Why is Corbett in a hurry to find the tiger as time moves on?
(a) The contractors are about to arrive with men.
(b) He knows the tiger is about to move locations.
(c) The tigress is killing many, many people.
(d) He has promised his family to retire on the 1st.

4. What animals visit the kill site the first night Corbett sits out waiting for the Thak man-eater?
(a) A leopard and a sambhar.
(b) Two porcupines and a bear.
(c) Two bears.
(d) A sambhar and a porcupine.

5. Which of the following is a theory that Corbett develops about why the Thak tigress had become a man-eater?
(a) She had helped a previously killed man-eater hunt and eat its victims.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The logging in the area was driving away her prey.
(d) She had a severe mineral deficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?

2. How does the length of the Bachelor of Powalgarh measured by Corbett and his sister compare to the estimates of others who had seen him years before?

3. What animal is the Pipal Pani tiger mistaken for and shot?

4. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get wounded in the shoulder?

5. When the Pipal Pani tiger first goes briefly missing, where has he gone?

(see the answer key)

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