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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Bachelor of Powalgarh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Chowgarh tigers doing when Corbett first sees them?
(a) Fighting over part of a kill.
(b) Stalking a young girl.
(c) Sleeping in the sunshine.
(d) Wrestling together.

2. What does Corbett decide to do before following the blood trail from the leopard?
(a) Tie Robin to a tree.
(b) Listen to the jungle sounds to see what he could tell about the leopard.
(c) Make a plan with the other men.
(d) Clean his rifle.

3. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) A leopard that had killed people in another area.
(b) A ghooral that had hurt a little girl.
(c) An old leopard that was killing cattle.
(d) A young tiger that was passing through.

4. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?
(a) Snare traps.
(b) Forest fire.
(c) Poison bait.
(d) A beat to drive her down a narrow gorge.

5. Who comes to visit Corbett as soon as he arrives on the scene to hunt the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) The grandmother of the latest victim.
(b) Two other large game hunters.
(c) A spirit man protecting the tiger.
(d) The mayor of the township.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?

2. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?

3. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

4. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?

5. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?

(see the answer key)

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