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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?
(a) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.
(b) Pulled her off a path from the next village.
(c) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.
(d) Snuck into her house and drug her away at night.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How many days in all does it take Corbett to kill the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

9. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?
(a) Being difficult to work with in the field.
(b) Being short tempered.
(c) Being a trophy and reward hunter.
(d) Being keener on photographing animals than killing them.

10. What does Corbett say plays an important part in the sport of hunting man-eaters?
(a) The wind and a good hunting dog.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Monkeys and luck.
(d) The other beings of the forest and the wind.

11. Why does Corbett decide to go home after wounding the leopard?
(a) He needs to get Robin.
(b) He needs more men.
(c) It is getting close to dark.
(d) He thinks the leopard would die shortly.

12. What physical ailment does Robin have that limits his abilities?
(a) A blind eye.
(b) Hip dysplasia.
(c) Near sightedness.
(d) A weak heart.

13. How does the length of the Bachelor of Powalgarh measured by Corbett and his sister compare to the estimates of others who had seen him years before?
(a) It is slightly less.
(b) It is the same.
(c) It is slightly more.
(d) It is much, much, more.

14. When Corbett finally overtakes the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh, how is he moving through the forest?
(a) Crashing blindly through the underbrush.
(b) Crawling on his stomach.
(c) Riding a water buffalo.
(d) Running at full speed.

15. Where is the last chance Corbett has to get a shot at the man-eater of Chowgarh on his first visit?
(a) From a ridge the night before his departure.
(b) At a watering hole on his way out of town.
(c) When he watches the place the tiger left her last victim.
(d) When the tiger circles the village he is in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of the Bachelor of Powalgarh does Corbett find after shooting him?

3. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?

4. What does Corbett says tigers do not know about people?

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

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