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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 mayor of the township.
(c) The grandmother of the latest victim.
(d) A spirit man protecting the tiger.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Corbett says worked to his advantage when he finally came face to face with the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) His sudden surge of adrenaline and fast reflexes.
(b) Nightjar eggs in his left hand.
(c) The tiger being a man-eater.
(d) That he is carrying a very light rifle.

4. How does Corbett choose to approach the leopard?
(a) He circles around him, spiraling inward.
(b) He sends Robin first to scare him out of cover.
(c) With all the men in long line moving forward together.
(d) Creeping toward him in the cover of a fallen log.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

2. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

3. What does Corbett learn about the Chowgrarh tiger at the first village?

4. What was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the bear hunt start when Corbett is out shooting ghooral for the village? What happens in the bear hunt and how do they eventually kill the bear?

2. Explain the circumstance in which Corbett shoots the first of the Chowgarh tigers. Why does he choose the tiger he does? Which one does he kill?

3. What goes wrong with the beat that Corbett plans to drive the tigress down a gorge? How does it all work out?

4. What story does Corbett tell as a warning against assuming that a wounded animal is where you last saw it?

5. Explain what happens after Corbett notices that Robin is missing.

6. Give some examples of situations in which a tiger might kill a human being but not be a man-eater.

7. Why did the group of twenty men not pursue the woman they saw carried off? What happened when a rescue party did search for her?

8. How does Corbett attempt to use water buffalo to help him stalk the Bachelor of Powalgarh? What happens?

9. Summarize the hunt for the leopard that Corbett tells which culminates in Robin leaving him in a tight corner.

10. What happens when Corbett first gets a shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

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