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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to visit Corbett as soon as he arrives on the scene to hunt the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) Two other large game hunters.
(b) A spirit man protecting the tiger.
(c) The grandmother of the latest victim.
(d) The mayor of the township.

2. What does Corbett find exasperating about one of the men that guides in Champawat?
(a) He says Corbett's gun is insufficient.
(b) He can't walk and talk at the same time.
(c) He is convinced Corbett will die that day.
(d) The man brags he could kill the man-eater tiger if given the chance.

3. Who is being threatened by the Bachelor of Powalgarh when Corbett comes across them?
(a) A group of women cutting grass.
(b) The dak runner.
(c) A man and his buffalos.
(d) Two big game hunters who ran out of ammunition.

4. What do Corbett and Robin do when the leopard is so inaccessible?
(a) Go home and return the next day.
(b) Shoot where the leopard is likely to be in hopes of hitting it or driving it out.
(c) Climb a nearby tree and out wait the leopard.
(d) Have a group of men beat the leopard out for them.

5. Who does Corbett stop and talk to on the train into the Mohan forest bungalow?
(a) None of the above.
(b) A terrified group of women.
(c) An old man who was attacked years before by the tiger.
(d) A group of hunters leaving the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Robin disappear?

2. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?

3. How is inter village communication maintained during the time of the Chowgarh tiger when the paths are too dangerous to use?

4. Whose home does Corbett see when traveling from town to town in pursuit of the Chowgarh man-eater?

5. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?

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