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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 the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?
(a) He knows tigers do not hurt people if they are left alone.
(b) He had a charm put on him as a baby to thwart tigers.
(c) He was raised by a tigress.
(d) He knows he is not in a tiger's territory.

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

3. What did the tigress of Muktesar do with the first person she killed?
(a) Devoured it.
(b) Left it.
(c) Ate a few bites.
(d) Took it to her cubs.

4. What does Corbett decide to do before following the blood trail from the leopard?
(a) Clean his rifle.
(b) Make a plan with the other men.
(c) Listen to the jungle sounds to see what he could tell about the leopard.
(d) Tie Robin to a tree.

5. How does Corbett choose to approach the leopard?
(a) He circles around him, spiraling inward.
(b) Creeping toward him in the cover of a fallen log.
(c) With all the men in long line moving forward together.
(d) He sends Robin first to scare him out of cover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbett worry about as he re-approaches the wounded leopard?

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

3. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?

4. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?

5. What physical ailment does Robin have that limits his abilities?

(see the answer key)

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