1. What was the "Talkative Man’s" profession at the time of the incident?
2. Where was the tiger being paraded at the beginning of the story?
3. For how many years had the tiger held a "reign of terror"?
4. The village of Koppal is described by the narrator as:
5. What was unique about the railway station building at Koppal?
6. Who presided over the Koppal railway station?
7. Why did the fertilizer company choose to reach a desolate place like Koppal?
8. How many children did the station-master have?
9. Where did the Talkative Man deliver his lecture to the peasants?
10. What was the peasants' reaction to the narrator’s ideas on manuring?
11. Why did the narrator decide to sleep in the station rather than the station-master's house?
12. What precaution did the narrator take before sleeping in the station?
13. In his dream, what did the "catlike creatures" turn into?
14. What woke the narrator from his dream?
15. According to the narrator, what are wild animals less afraid of than human beings?
16. How did the narrator create a "shelter" inside the station?
17. What items fell off the table when the narrator dragged it?
18. What did the tiger do that the narrator described as the "most hideous sound"?
19. Why didn’t the tiger reduce the furniture to "matchwood"?
20. What weapon did the narrator use to defend himself?
