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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the tigress come to be the Champawat Man-eater?
(a) She is old and was driven out of her territory by a younger tiger.
(b) She arrives a man-eater from Nepal after killing two hundred people there.
(c) A hunter from Champawat shot her in the hip.
(d) None of the above.

5. 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) Pulled her down by a foot while she was climbing out of a tree.
(c) Pulled her off a path from the next village.
(d) Jumped on her while she was cutting grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Robin amongst the litter?

2. How does Corbet spend the first night in Pali?

3. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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