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

2. How many people does the tigress of Champawat kill in all?
(a) Forty two.
(b) Four hundred and thirty six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Over a thousand.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Corbett learn from the Chital?
(a) A second leopard showed up.
(b) The leopard is alive and moving.
(c) The wounded leopard was sighted miles from the spot.
(d) The leopard is near death.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a popular belief about man-eating tigers that Corbett claims is untrue?

4. What is Robin's pedigree?

5. What does Corbett say about the bungalow he stayed in while in Champawat?

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