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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His color.
(c) His size.
(d) His teeth.
2. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?
(a) Her third victim.
(b) Only after her cubs were grown.
(c) Her first victim.
(d) Her second victim.
3. 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) None of the above.
(c) Robin growls when anybody approaches Corbett.
(d) Robin hangs onto a wounded peafowl as it runs dragging him along.
4. Where does the wounded leopard go with Corbett and Robin tracking close behind?
(a) Up a tree.
(b) Into a dense, nearly impassable part of the forest.
(c) Into a large lantana bush.
(d) Into a large cluster of rocks.
5. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?
(a) The circumstance must be understood.
(b) It is best to give the tiger the benefit of the doubt.
(c) A post-mortem on the victim is important before assuming the death was caused by a tiger.
(d) All of the above.
6. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?
(a) Being short tempered.
(b) Being keener on photographing animals than killing them.
(c) Being a trophy and reward hunter.
(d) Being difficult to work with in the field.
7. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?
(a) The tiger is in the bush.
(b) He can't see into the bush and wishes to be carried.
(c) He lost the scent trail.
(d) There are monkeys in the bush.
8. Who does Corbett go fetch to help him retrieve the body of the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) The owner of the water fuffalo.
(b) His sister and a party of twenty men.
(c) The other big game hunters.
(d) None of the above
9. What does Corbett deduce from the two wounded women that returned home after being attacked by the Chowgarh tiger?
(a) The other tiger was the experienced man-eater.
(b) The tiger was wounded.
(c) The tiger was attacking for vengeance, not hunger.
(d) The tiger had depended on the cub to make the kills.
10. 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.
11. 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) Leopards are more fond of human flesh than tigers.
(c) Because they are unafraid of people, tigers are easier to kill.
(d) Leopards are remarkably hard to track.
12. How many days in all does it take Corbett to kill the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.
13. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?
(a) Four hundred and thirty six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Over a thousand.
(d) Forty two.
14. What physical ailment does Robin have that limits his abilities?
(a) Near sightedness.
(b) Hip dysplasia.
(c) A weak heart.
(d) A blind eye.
15. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?
(a) All of the above.
(b) A sari.
(c) A blue necklace.
(d) A leg from below the knee.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Corbett decide to do when stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
2. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
3. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?
4. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?
5. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?
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