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

2. What act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?
(a) She runs after the tiger for a hundred yards yelling at it to let her sister go and take her instead.
(b) She clubs the tiger with a branch.
(c) She tries to hang onto the tiger as it leaves with its prey.
(d) She grabs her sister's baby from the hands of the woman as she is drug off.

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

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

5. What is Corbett's overwhelming feeling immediately after he gets his first shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Anger.
(b) Relief.
(c) Fear.
(d) Regret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bachelor of Powalgarh do after Corbett fires his first shot at him?

2. When does Robin disappear?

3. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?

4. When does Corbett return to the spot where he shot the leopard?

5. What does Corbett say about the cubs of man-eaters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happens when Robin first chases a langur monkey? What did Robin learn?

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 rumors about cross dressing does Corbett refute? What does he say is the truth?

4. Explain the encounter the author has a young boy with a tiger in the forest.

5. What does the author give as the reason for the difference in hunting habits of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

6. What does Corbett attempt to do by climbing a tree while stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh? Is he successful?

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

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

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

10. What story does Corbett recount about the first time he took Robin out hunting as a puppy? What was Corbett's reaction to what happened?

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