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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?
(a) After they have been shot at by hunters.
(b) When they are compelled to through stress of circumstance.
(c) When their diet is low in salt.
(d) When people start to work in their territory.

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

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

9. What does Corbett find when he goes to investigate a report of a tiger killing a cow in a village near to Champawat?
(a) A cow killed by a leopard.
(b) Indication it was one of the man-eater tigress's cubs.
(c) Evidence that it was the man-eater tigress.
(d) No information that could explain what happened.

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

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

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

13. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?
(a) None of the above.
(b) In the village square comforting the locals.
(c) In a luxury tourist bungalow.
(d) Up a tree.

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

15. What does Corbett finally kill the bear they chase with?
(a) A hunting knife.
(b) A shot to the head.
(c) A large rock.
(d) An axe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Corbett and Robin do when the leopard is so inaccessible?

2. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?

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

4. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?

5. What does Corbett decide to do when stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

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