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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 affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?
(a) She became religious.
(b) She threw up.
(c) She died of a heart attack.
(d) She lost her power of speech.

2. What happens to the girl the Chowgarh man-eater leaves wounded?
(a) She dies weeks later of infection.
(b) She dies minutes later.
(c) She heals.
(d) She is left in the square where the tiger kills her that night.

3. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?
(a) She arrives a man-eater from Nepal after killing two hundred people there.
(b) A hunter from Champawat shot her in the hip.
(c) None of the above.
(d) She is old and was driven out of her territory by a younger tiger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had killed the cow that Corbett investigates when looking for the Chowgarh man-eater?

2. How does Corbett learn of the location of the Bachelor of Powalgarh when he starts to pursue him?

3. What happens that makes Corbett know he's picked a winner in Robin?

4. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?

5. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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.

6. Explain what happens when Corbett uses a buffalo to lure the tiger and waits for it on a rock ledge. What do the villagers discover.

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why is it important for Corbett to bring the family back any part, no matter how small. of a body that was taken away by a tiger?

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