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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 had killed the cow that Corbett investigates when looking for the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) The Chowgarh man-eater.
(b) A young tiger looking for territory.
(c) A fine male leopard.
(d) A bear.

2. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?
(a) There are monkeys in the bush.
(b) The tiger is in the bush.
(c) He can't see into the bush and wishes to be carried.
(d) He lost the scent trail.

3. How does the Pipal Pani tiger get wounded in the shoulder?
(a) He gets shot when attacking cattle.
(b) A fight with a leopard.
(c) A fight with another tiger.
(d) He isn't careful returning to a kill and gets shot.

4. What information does Corbett claim to know about the Pipal Pani Tiger's early history?
(a) He had been raised as a housepet.
(b) His mother died when he was barely able to hunt.
(c) He was chased out of Nepal after killing many people.
(d) That he was born in a deep ravine and was one of a family of three.

5. What does Corbett say plays an important part in the sport of hunting man-eaters?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Monkeys and luck.
(c) The other beings of the forest and the wind.
(d) The wind and a good hunting dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?

3. What did the Pipal Pani tiger no longer permit after his mate left?

4. Who was the first victim of the Mohan Man-eater?

5. What does Corbett find exasperating about one of the men that guides in Champawat?

(see the answer key)

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