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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Pipal Pani Tiger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does Corbett draw from differences between man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) Because they are unafraid of people, tigers are easier to kill.
(b) Leopards are easier to catch directly after a kill.
(c) Leopards are remarkably hard to track.
(d) Leopards are more fond of human flesh than tigers.

2. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?
(a) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.
(b) Snuck into her house and drug her away at night.
(c) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.
(d) Pulled her off a path from the next village.

3. What reason did Corbett find for the tiger in Mohan to have become a man-eater?
(a) Porcupine quills in his foreleg.
(b) Broken teeth.
(c) A bullet in his shoulder.
(d) An old hip fracture.

4. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?
(a) Only after her cubs were grown.
(b) Her second victim.
(c) Her first victim.
(d) Her third victim.

5. When the Pipal Pani tiger first goes briefly missing, where has he gone?
(a) To hide with injuries.
(b) Into more populated areas.
(c) To move to areas of more plentiful game.
(d) To get a mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?

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

3. How does Corbett decide to continue his pursuit of the man-eater after his unsuccessful first encounter with him?

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

5. What information does Corbett claim to know about the Pipal Pani Tiger's early history?

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