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

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

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

4. What does Corbett worry about when he sees Robin missing?
(a) That Robin wouldn't make it home alone.
(b) That the leopard had killed him.
(c) That the other dogs had hurt Robin.
(d) That Robin was scared of gunfire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett unsuccessfully do to try and locate the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh in dense bushes?

2. Who was Robin amongst the litter?

3. What did the tigress of Muktesar do with the first person she killed?

4. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?

5. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the connection between a disease epidemic and the resurgence of man-eating leopards.

2. 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?

3. What opportunity does Corbett miss when he sees just the hind leg and tail of a tiger while stalking the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh? Why does he make the decision that he does?

4. Who does Corbett find when he is on the trail of the Bachelor of Powalgarh? What does he help do and what does he get asked to do?

5. Explain how the chital is both a help and a hindrance to Corbett as he stalks the wounded leopard with Robin.

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

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

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

10. What happened to other hunters that nearly were able to shoot the Bachelor of Powalgarh? Tell how he escaped twice despite being only feet away from seasoned hunters that were hunting him.

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