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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 something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?
(a) Condition of claws.
(b) Speed.
(c) Condition of teeth.
(d) Hearing.

2. Why do leopards, who are to a certain extent scavengers, become man-eaters?
(a) When a tiger in the area becomes a man-eater.
(b) When there is an overpopulation of leopards.
(c) All of the above.
(d) When unresticted slaughter of game deprives them of their food.

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

4. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?
(a) A hunter from Champawat shot her in the hip.
(b) She is old and was driven out of her territory by a younger tiger.
(c) She arrives a man-eater from Nepal after killing two hundred people there.
(d) None of the above.

5. In what state does Corbett find the people of Pali when he arrives?
(a) Furiously pounding the bush to drive the tiger away.
(b) In a town meeting deciding what to do about the tiger.
(c) Loading up their belongings to leave.
(d) In abject terror and locked in their homes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?

3. What act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?

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

5. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

(see the answer key)

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