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

2. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) His color.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His size.

3. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?
(a) The leopard chases Robin across a clearing.
(b) Robin springs the leopard from a bush and Corbett shoots it.
(c) The leopard springs at them from behind a log.
(d) He finds the leopard nearly dead in a bush.

4. Whose home does Corbett see when traveling from town to town in pursuit of the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) An American hunter.
(b) The only survivor of a Chowarh tiger attack.
(c) The first victim of the Chowgarh tiger, an out of town goat herd.
(d) None of the above.

5. What does Corbett discover the morning after the storm when he checks on the first buffalo he staked out in hopes of luring the Mohan man-eater?
(a) The buffalo killed by a leopard.
(b) The buffalo half eaten by the tiger.
(c) The buffalo gone.
(d) The buffalo killed by lightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Corbett says worked to his advantage when he finally came face to face with the Chowgarh man-eater?

2. What keeps the exhausted Corbett awake when he finally returns to town after killing the first tiger?

3. What is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?

4. Which of the following is NOT something that Corbett says can be determined by examining a tiger's scratchmarks?

5. Where does Corbett leave the fish after he catches it?

(see the answer key)

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