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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 learn from the Chital?
(a) The wounded leopard was sighted miles from the spot.
(b) A second leopard showed up.
(c) The leopard is alive and moving.
(d) The leopard is near death.

2. Which of the following best describes Ibbotson?
(a) Thoughtful, competent, and brave.
(b) Competent and quiet.
(c) Bitter and sulky.
(d) Brave to the point of foolheartedness.

3. Which of the following best characterizes how Corbett feels after shooting the Pipal Pani tiger?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Relief.
(c) Mixed emotions.
(d) Utter sadness.

4. What do Corbett's men deduce when they see the tree Corbett had been in all night and the tiger blood?
(a) That Corbett had been killed.
(b) That the tiger was dead or dying.
(c) None of the above.
(d) That Corbett was invincible.

5. What does Corbett discover the morning after the storm when he checks on the first buffalo he staked out in hopes of luring the Mohan man-eater?
(a) The buffalo gone.
(b) The buffalo killed by a leopard.
(c) The buffalo half eaten by the tiger.
(d) The buffalo killed by lightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?

2. What does Corbett watch the Pipal Pani do over the winter?

3. How does Corbett learn of the location of the Bachelor of Powalgarh when he starts to pursue him?

4. Why did the young man and a group of men venture far from the village?

5. Who comes to visit Corbett as soon as he arrives on the scene to hunt the Chowgarh tigers?

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