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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?
(a) None of the above.
(b) That they only attack at night.
(c) That they prefer to attack a person from the front.
(d) That they do not eat the head, hands, and feet of human victims.

2. What does Corbett learn about the Chowgrarh tiger at the first village?
(a) It is accompanied by a mate.
(b) It is accompanied by a full grown cub.
(c) It is accompanied by a leopard.
(d) It is a mother caring for a young cub.

3. How does Corbett learn of the location of the Bachelor of Powalgarh when he starts to pursue him?
(a) He comes across him accidentally in the forest.
(b) From a dak runner passing his house that saw pugmarks.
(c) From other big game hunters who failed to shoot him.
(d) He sees the pugmarks when out walking Robin.

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

5. What is Corbett's overwhelming feeling immediately after he gets his first shot at the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Fear.
(b) Relief.
(c) Regret.
(d) Anger.

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

7. What happens while Corbett is writing the story about Robin?
(a) Robin dies.
(b) Robin begs and begs to go out hunting.
(c) Corbett finds some old pictures of Robin.
(d) Robin's puppies are born.

8. 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) The mayor of the township.
(c) A spirit man protecting the tiger.
(d) Two other large game hunters.

9. What reputation does Corbett admit to having earned?
(a) Being short tempered.
(b) Being a trophy and reward hunter.
(c) Being keener on photographing animals than killing them.
(d) Being difficult to work with in the field.

10. What is Robin's pedigree?
(a) A well known and respected line of working dogs.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Son of a legendary Indian hunting dog.
(d) Imported English hound.

11. Why do the Vivians miss their opportunity to kill the man-eater of Chowgarh?
(a) They miss the shot.
(b) In the murky light they mistake it for a bear.
(c) The man-eater senses their presence and stays hidden.
(d) The gun jams and does not fire.

12. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?
(a) There are monkeys in the bush.
(b) The tiger is in the bush.
(c) He can't see into the bush and wishes to be carried.
(d) He lost the scent trail.

13. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?
(a) He finds the leopard nearly dead in a bush.
(b) The leopard springs at them from behind a log.
(c) Robin springs the leopard from a bush and Corbett shoots it.
(d) The leopard chases Robin across a clearing.

14. How is inter village communication maintained during the time of the Chowgarh tiger when the paths are too dangerous to use?
(a) Shouting from high places.
(b) A serious of cables for messages.
(c) Radio.
(d) None of the above.

15. What is unusual about the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) His color.
(b) His size.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

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

3. What establishes the fact that the first of the Chowgrarh tigers Corbett kills is also a man-eater?

4. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

5. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?

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