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

2. How had the Champawat tigress killed the last victim prior to Corbett's arrival?
(a) Snuck into her house and drug her away at night.
(b) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.
(c) Pulled her off a path from the next village.
(d) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.

3. What affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?
(a) She lost her power of speech.
(b) She threw up.
(c) She became religious.
(d) She died of a heart attack.

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

5. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?
(a) A post-mortem on the victim is important before assuming the death was caused by a tiger.
(b) All of the above.
(c) It is best to give the tiger the benefit of the doubt.
(d) The circumstance must be understood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What difference is there between the kills of man-eating tigers and man-eating leopards?

2. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?

3. What happens while Corbett is writing the story about Robin?

4. It most cases, which of the following best characterizes the tiger's change from animal to human flesh?

5. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?

(see the answer key)

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