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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What establishes the fact that the first of the Chowgrarh tigers Corbett kills is also a man-eater?
(a) Reports from a neighboring region where the younger tiger had killed people.
(b) Clothes found in the stomach of the tiger.
(c) That a man and wife had been killed simultaneously.
(d) None of the above.

2. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?
(a) Poison bait.
(b) A beat to drive her down a narrow gorge.
(c) Snare traps.
(d) Forest fire.

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

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

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

6. How does the length of the Bachelor of Powalgarh measured by Corbett and his sister compare to the estimates of others who had seen him years before?
(a) It is much, much, more.
(b) It is the same.
(c) It is slightly less.
(d) It is slightly more.

7. What does the Bachelor of Powalgarh do after Corbett fires his first shot at him?
(a) Run away.
(b) Rip a tree to shreds.
(c) Fall over and lie still.
(d) Try to attack Corbett.

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

9. What does Corbett find from the little girl the tigress of Champawat carried off?
(a) A leg from below the knee.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A blue necklace.
(d) A sari.

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

11. Where does Corbett spend his first night in pursuit of the Chowgrarh tiger?
(a) In the village square comforting the locals.
(b) Up a tree.
(c) None of the above.
(d) In a luxury tourist bungalow.

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

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Corbett says worked to his advantage when he finally came face to face with the Chowgarh man-eater?
(a) Nightjar eggs in his left hand.
(b) His sudden surge of adrenaline and fast reflexes.
(c) That he is carrying a very light rifle.
(d) The tiger being a man-eater.

14. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.
(b) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.
(c) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.
(d) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.

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) The nature of any disability it has.
(c) Whether it is a male or female with cubs.
(d) The supply of natural food in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?

2. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?

3. Whose home does Corbett see when traveling from town to town in pursuit of the Chowgarh man-eater?

4. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?

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

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