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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Champawat Man-Eater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?
(a) A woman cutting grass near her lair.
(b) An old gunshot would in her leg.
(c) Injuries from a porcupine.
(d) Mange.

2. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?
(a) A person entering the tiger's territory.
(b) A tiger on a fresh kill.
(c) A tigress with small cubs.
(d) A wounded tiger.

3. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?
(a) That there is another story "beyond the laws of nature" to tell of it.
(b) It was so uncomfortable he considered spending the night in the forest.
(c) It was the only safe place for miles.
(d) It was perfectly situated to see the valley below.

4. What is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?
(a) That they prefer to attack a person from the front.
(b) That they only attack at night.
(c) None of the above.
(d) That they do not eat the head, hands, and feet of human victims.

5. 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 they are compelled to through stress of circumstance.
(d) When people start to work in their territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

2. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?

3. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?

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

5. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

(see the answer key)

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