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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 does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?
(a) A leg from below the knee.
(b) A blue necklace.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A sari.

2. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?
(a) That we fight to preserve every one of our species.
(b) That we stalk them too.
(c) That we have no sense of smell.
(d) That it is technology, and not nature, that makes us strong.

3. What does Corbett learn about the Chowgrarh tiger at the first village?
(a) It is accompanied by a leopard.
(b) It is accompanied by a mate.
(c) It is accompanied by a full grown cub.
(d) It is a mother caring for a young cub.

4. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?
(a) When their diet is low in salt.
(b) After they have been shot at by hunters.
(c) When people start to work in their territory.
(d) When they are compelled to through stress of circumstance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the fish Corbett first catches reaches the end of the fishing line?

2. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?

3. Why does Corbett need to kill a snake before hunting a man-eater?

4. Where does the fish swim to while Corbett watches?

5. What was Corbett's best guess at the weight of the fish?

(see the answer key)

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