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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Chowgarh tigers doing when Corbett first sees them?
(a) Sleeping in the sunshine.
(b) Wrestling together.
(c) Stalking a young girl.
(d) Fighting over part of a kill.

2. 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.

3. What conclusion does Corbett draw from differences between man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?
(a) Leopards are more fond of human flesh than tigers.
(b) Leopards are remarkably hard to track.
(c) Leopards are easier to catch directly after a kill.
(d) Because they are unafraid of people, tigers are easier to kill.

4. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?
(a) Large hearted gentleman with boundless courage.
(b) Monarch of the forests.
(c) Instinctual and natural.
(d) Aggressive and cruel.

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

6. 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) None of the above.
(c) The tigers remove their victims from the kill site.
(d) The leopards eat less of the victim.

7. What does Corbett worry about when he sees Robin missing?
(a) That Robin was scared of gunfire.
(b) That the leopard had killed him.
(c) That Robin wouldn't make it home alone.
(d) That the other dogs had hurt Robin.

8. What nerve does Robin have that he is unable to control?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The twitching of his left ear.
(c) Salivating.
(d) The one on that makes the hair on the back of his leg stand up.

9. Whose aid does Corbett unsuccessfully enlist to find the wounded Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) A small herd of water buffalo.
(b) A band of monkeys.
(c) The other big game hunters after him.
(d) All of his men.

10. What do Corbett and Robin do when the leopard is so inaccessible?
(a) Go home and return the next day.
(b) Have a group of men beat the leopard out for them.
(c) Shoot where the leopard is likely to be in hopes of hitting it or driving it out.
(d) Climb a nearby tree and out wait the leopard.

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

12. What other animal does Corbett almost kill while hunting for the Chowgarh tigers?
(a) A young tiger that was passing through.
(b) A leopard that had killed people in another area.
(c) A ghooral that had hurt a little girl.
(d) An old leopard that was killing cattle.

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

14. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The time Robin saved his life.
(d) The time Robin faced down a leopard.

15. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Whether it is a male or female with cubs.
(c) The supply of natural food in the area.
(d) The nature of any disability it has.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?

2. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

3. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?

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

5. Who was Robin amongst the litter?

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