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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?
(a) An old gunshot would in her leg.
(b) A woman cutting grass near her lair.
(c) Injuries from a porcupine.
(d) Mange.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do leopards, who are to a certain extent scavengers, become man-eaters?

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

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

4. What conclusion does Corbett draw from differences between man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

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

(see the answer key)

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