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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Robin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?
(a) Over four hundred.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) None of the above.

2. 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.

3. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?
(a) He does not want to be classified as a reward hunter or risk being shot by other hunters.
(b) He knows India can't afford it.
(c) He's afraid it will cause people to try and "make" man-eaters to be killed for reward.
(d) He feels that people would come to disrespect tigers.

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

5. When do tigers sometimes hunt people?
(a) When they are compelled to through stress of circumstance.
(b) When people start to work in their territory.
(c) After they have been shot at by hunters.
(d) When their diet is low in salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?

2. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?

3. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?

4. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

5. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?

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