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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?
(a) That we fight to preserve every one of our species.
(b) That we stalk them too.
(c) That it is technology, and not nature, that makes us strong.
(d) That we have no sense of smell.

2. Where does Corbett wait for the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Lying down in the open.
(b) Wedged in between two rocks.
(c) None of the above.
(d) In a tree.

3. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?
(a) That on this and other occasions he dressed as a woman to attract the man-eater and killed it with sickle.
(b) That he has killed hundreds of man-eaters.
(c) That he has killed a tiger bare handed.
(d) That he is convinced he is to die killed by a tiger.

4. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.
(b) The time Robin faced down a leopard.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The time Robin saved his life.

5. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?
(a) None of the above.
(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) A hunter from Champawat shot her in the hip.

6. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) The leopards eat less of the victim.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The tigers kill during the day and the leopards at night.
(d) The tigers remove their victims from the kill site.

7. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?
(a) He had a charm put on him as a baby to thwart tigers.
(b) He knows he is not in a tiger's territory.
(c) He knows tigers do not hurt people if they are left alone.
(d) He was raised by a tigress.

8. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Thorn bushes.
(c) His saddle and gun.
(d) A weaving loom.

9. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?
(a) He's afraid it will cause people to try and "make" man-eaters to be killed for reward.
(b) He feels that people would come to disrespect tigers.
(c) He knows India can't afford it.
(d) He does not want to be classified as a reward hunter or risk being shot by other hunters.

10. What part of the Bachelor of Powalgarh does Corbett find after shooting him?
(a) A strip of skin.
(b) A small piece of his skull.
(c) A tooth.
(d) A toe.

11. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?
(a) The twitching of his left ear.
(b) Salivating.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The one on that makes the hair on the back of his leg stand up.

12. Where does the wounded leopard go with Corbett and Robin tracking close behind?
(a) Up a tree.
(b) Into a large cluster of rocks.
(c) Into a large lantana bush.
(d) Into a dense, nearly impassable part of the forest.

13. What does Corbett worry about when he sees Robin missing?
(a) That the other dogs had hurt Robin.
(b) That Robin wouldn't make it home alone.
(c) That the leopard had killed him.
(d) That Robin was scared of gunfire.

14. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?
(a) They are especially aggressive.
(b) He has never seen them become man-eaters.
(c) They usually die young.
(d) They will automatically become man-eaters.

15. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?
(a) Over a thousand.
(b) Forty two.
(c) Four hundred and thirty six.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

2. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?

3. Whose home does Corbett see when traveling from town to town in pursuit of the Chowgarh man-eater?

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

5. What are the Chowgarh tigers doing when Corbett first sees them?

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