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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does Corbett find the people of Pali when he arrives?
(a) Furiously pounding the bush to drive the tiger away.
(b) Loading up their belongings to leave.
(c) In abject terror and locked in their homes.
(d) In a town meeting deciding what to do about the tiger.

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

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

4. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.
(b) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.
(c) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.
(d) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?

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

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

4. Which of the following is something that the frequency with which a man-eater will kill depends on?

5. What drove the tigress of Muktesar to start eating human flesh?

(see the answer key)

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