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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that a tiger depends on for the success of its attack when killing its prey?
(a) Condition of teeth.
(b) Speed.
(c) Condition of claws.
(d) Hearing.

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

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

4. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?
(a) They have a tendency to be mangy.
(b) They smell.
(c) The tigers often have bald spots.
(d) They have all been remarkably fine.

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) He sends Robin first to scare him out of cover.
(d) With all the men in long line moving forward together.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Robin disappear?

2. Who was Robin amongst the litter?

3. What tale about himself does Corbett refute?

4. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?

5. Why do leopards, who are to a certain extent scavengers, become man-eaters?

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