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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 finally kill the bear they chase with?
(a) A shot to the head.
(b) An axe.
(c) A large rock.
(d) A hunting knife.

2. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) A tiger of the most unusual color.
(b) The youngest man-eater.
(c) The old foe of a renowned hunter.
(d) The most sought after big game trophy in the province.

3. What does Corbett unsuccessfully do to try and locate the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh in dense bushes?
(a) Drive monkeys into the area.
(b) Shoot into the bushes with small shotgun shot.
(c) Send for Robin.
(d) Light a fire that would creep across the area.

4. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) They have a tendency to be mangy.
(b) The tigers often have bald spots.
(c) They smell.
(d) They have all been remarkably fine.

5. Who is being threatened by the Bachelor of Powalgarh when Corbett comes across them?
(a) The dak runner.
(b) Two big game hunters who ran out of ammunition.
(c) A group of women cutting grass.
(d) A man and his buffalos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?

2. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?

3. Where does Corbett wait for the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

4. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

5. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What story of his own attack does the man with the mauled face tell Corbett in the Chowgarh man-eater? How did the man live?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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