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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Chowgarh Tigers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that makes Corbett know he's picked a winner in Robin?
(a) Robin joins a group of hunting dogs that cornered a leopard.
(b) Robin growls when anybody approaches Corbett.
(c) Robin hangs onto a wounded peafowl as it runs dragging him along.
(d) None of the above.

2. How does Corbett eventually first encounter the leopard?
(a) The leopard springs at them from behind a log.
(b) He finds the leopard nearly dead in a bush.
(c) Robin springs the leopard from a bush and Corbett shoots it.
(d) The leopard chases Robin across a clearing.

3. Why does Corbett decide to go home after wounding the leopard?
(a) He needs to get Robin.
(b) He thinks the leopard would die shortly.
(c) It is getting close to dark.
(d) He needs more men.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment does Robin have that limits his abilities?

2. When does Corbett return to the spot where he shot the leopard?

3. What are the Chowgarh tigers doing when Corbett first sees them?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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