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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Bachelor of Powalgarh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?
(a) That the leopard may have moved.
(b) That so many gunshots would ruin the skin.
(c) That the leopard may be suffering greatly.
(d) That someone else had come and killed and taken the leopard.

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

3. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) The tigers kill during the day and the leopards at night.
(b) The tigers remove their victims from the kill site.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The leopards eat less of the victim.

4. Where does Corbett first see the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) In a beautiful glade near his home.
(b) While hunting a man-eater in a neighboring province.
(c) From the window of a train.
(d) After many days of stalking him.

5. Why does Corbett decide to go home after wounding the leopard?
(a) He needs more men.
(b) He needs to get Robin.
(c) He thinks the leopard would die shortly.
(d) It is getting close to dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?

2. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?

3. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?

4. What is Robin's pedigree?

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

(see the answer key)

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