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

2. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?
(a) The nature of any disability it has.
(b) The supply of natural food in the area.
(c) Whether it is a male or female with cubs.
(d) All of the above.

3. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?
(a) Outside alone watching the road while his men were safe in a room.
(b) Barricaded in a house with everyone else.
(c) Trying to re-assure the villagers.
(d) Helping the townspeople search for the tiger.

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

5. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?
(a) Thorn bushes.
(b) Chairs.
(c) A weaving loom.
(d) His saddle and gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?

2. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?

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

4. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

5. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?

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