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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 was the total number of people the tigress of Muktesar ended up killing?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Over four hundred.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Two.

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

3. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The time Robin saved his life.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The time Robin faced down a leopard.
(d) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.

4. What connects the appearance of man-eating leopards to disease epidemics?
(a) The human population is easier prey.
(b) None of the above.
(c) One of the Hindu traditions of disposing of the dead.
(d) The change in livestock management.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Corbett ask that the government rewards for the Champawat Man-eater be cancelled?

2. Which of the following is NOT something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?

3. When did the tigress of Muktesar start killing people specifically for her to eat?

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

5. Who was Robin amongst the litter?

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