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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 act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?
(a) She runs after the tiger for a hundred yards yelling at it to let her sister go and take her instead.
(b) She tries to hang onto the tiger as it leaves with its prey.
(c) She clubs the tiger with a branch.
(d) She grabs her sister's baby from the hands of the woman as she is drug off.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What does Corbet wedge into his door to get ventilation but keep the tiger out?
(a) His saddle and gun.
(b) A weaving loom.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Thorn bushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tactic does Corbett decide to try when pursuing the tigress of Champawat is unsuccessful?

2. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?

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

4. What does Corbett say he has noted about the coats of man-eaters?

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

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