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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 act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?
(a) She grabs her sister's baby from the hands of the woman as she is drug off.
(b) She clubs the tiger with a branch.
(c) She runs after the tiger for a hundred yards yelling at it to let her sister go and take her instead.
(d) She tries to hang onto the tiger as it leaves with its prey.

2. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) The tigers often have bald spots.
(b) They have all been remarkably fine.
(c) They smell.
(d) They have a tendency to be mangy.

3. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?
(a) Instinctual.
(b) Rancorous.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Accidental.

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

5. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?
(a) No information that could explain what happened.
(b) Indication it was one of the man-eater tigress's cubs.
(c) Evidence that it was the man-eater tigress.
(d) A cow killed by a leopard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?

2. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?

3. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?

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

5. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?

(see the answer key)

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