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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Corbett learn of the location of the Bachelor of Powalgarh when he starts to pursue him?
(a) From a dak runner passing his house that saw pugmarks.
(b) From other big game hunters who failed to shoot him.
(c) He sees the pugmarks when out walking Robin.
(d) He comes across him accidentally in the forest.

2. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) They smell.
(b) They have all been remarkably fine.
(c) The tigers often have bald spots.
(d) They have a tendency to be mangy.

3. What did the tigress of Muktesar do with the first person she killed?
(a) Devoured it.
(b) Left it.
(c) Ate a few bites.
(d) Took it to her cubs.

4. What conclusion does Corbett draw from differences between man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) Leopards are easier to catch directly after a kill.
(b) Because they are unafraid of people, tigers are easier to kill.
(c) Leopards are remarkably hard to track.
(d) Leopards are more fond of human flesh than tigers.

5. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.
(b) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.
(c) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.
(d) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.

6. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?
(a) The gun jams and does not fire.
(b) In the murky light they mistake it for a bear.
(c) The man-eater senses their presence and stays hidden.
(d) They miss the shot.

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

8. What happens while Corbett is writing the story about Robin?
(a) Robin begs and begs to go out hunting.
(b) Robin's puppies are born.
(c) Corbett finds some old pictures of Robin.
(d) Robin dies.

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

10. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?
(a) Instinctual.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Rancorous.
(d) Defensive.

11. 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 toe.
(d) A tooth.

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

13. Whose aid does Corbett unsuccessfully enlist to find the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) The other big game hunters after him.
(b) All of his men.
(c) A band of monkeys.
(d) A small herd of water buffalo.

14. What happens that makes Corbett know he's picked a winner in Robin?
(a) Robin joins a group of hunting dogs that cornered a leopard.
(b) Robin hangs onto a wounded peafowl as it runs dragging him along.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Robin growls when anybody approaches Corbett.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

3. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?

4. When Corbett finally overtakes the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh, how is he moving through the forest?

5. What is Robin's pedigree?

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