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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. How many males are there in each pride?
a. no more than 2
b. no more than 4

c. no less than 2
d. no less than 4

2. What happens to male lions after 2 to 4 years?

a. They leave the pride to find a new territory.
b. They are driven out by other males when they fail to defend the pride.
c. They start hunting for food.

d. both a and b

3. Male lions are usually driven out by other males because
a. they are ugly

b. they have no offspring
c. they failed to defend the pride
d. they failed to kill other animals for food

4. How are male and female lions different?

a. Females stay in the pride for life while males do not.
b. Females defend the pride while males do not.
c. Females leave the pride while males do not.
d. none of the above

5. What would happen after lionesses capture a prey and make a kill?
a. The males eat first.
b. The females eat first.

c. The cubs eat first.
d. Everyone eats at the same time.

6. In the passage, the word attempt means

a. effort
b. success
c. triumph

d. reservation

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