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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 connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?
(a) None of the above.
(b) One of the Hindu traditions of disposing of the dead.
(c) The change in livestock management.
(d) The human population is easier prey.

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

3. Who was Robin amongst the litter?
(a) The smallest and thinnest.
(b) The only one with no white on him.
(c) The only one left.
(d) The largest and most aggressive.

4. What does Corbett find exasperating about one of the men that guides in Champawat?
(a) The man brags he could kill the man-eater tiger if given the chance.
(b) He is convinced Corbett will die that day.
(c) He can't walk and talk at the same time.
(d) He says Corbett's gun is insufficient.

5. 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) The mayor of the township.
(d) Two other large game hunters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?

3. Where does Corbett first see the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

4. Who does Corbett go fetch to help him retrieve the body of the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

5. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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.

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Tell the story of the second wounded victim of the Chawgarh tiger that Corbett sees. How was she attacked and how did she return to town? What happens to her?

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

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