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

2. What does Corbett find is the cause of the Champawat tigress's need to hunt people?
(a) Congenital deformity.
(b) An old hip injury.
(c) Broken teeth from being shot.
(d) Age and arthritis.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a natural circumstance which may incite any tiger to kill a human?
(a) A tiger on a fresh kill.
(b) A tigress with small cubs.
(c) A person entering the tiger's territory.
(d) A wounded tiger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following, according to Corbett, best characterizes a tiger?

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

3. What does Corbett learn from the Chital?

4. What does Corbett worry about when he sees Robin missing?

5. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?

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