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Question 1

Unlike lions and tigers,

A	cheetahs climb trees.
B	cheetahs live about 20 years.
C	cheetahs cannot roar.

Question 2

Cheetahs are the only cats that

A	can't purr.
B	can't retract their claws.
C	don't like milkshakes.

Question 3

A cheetah's tongue is

A	as smooth as butter.
B	as stiff as a piece of wood.
C	as rough as a rasp.

Question 4

If cheetah cubs stray from their mother,

A	she may call them back with a "chirping" sound.
B	she may bit off grass and toss it at them.
C	they may get put on restriction.

Question 5

What is a king cheetah?

A	The cheetah that rules over the other cheetahs.
B	The smartest cheetah.
C	A cheetah with stripes and splotches instead of spots.

Question 6

For thousands of years, people have used cheetahs

A	as food.
B	for hunting.
C	as pack animals.

Question 7

Cheetahs are the most ______ of the big cats.

A	aggressive
B	lazy
C	gentle

Question 8

In the last 100 years, the world population of cheetahs

A	has dropped dramatically.
B	has stayed about the same.
C	has increased slightly.

Question 9

Other predators take away as many as

A	90% of cheetah kids.
B	half of all cheetah kills.
C	one out of every three cheetah kills.

Question 10

All cheetahs are so closely related

A	they all know each other.
B	they are almost identical!
C	they all have a notch in one ear.

Question 11

The least powerful big cat is the

A	tiger.
B	cheetah.
C	lion.

Question 12

A million years ago there were cheetahs in

A	Australia.
B	South America.
C	Europe.

Question 13

Cheetahs have _____ _____ than other big cats.

A	longer legs
B	sharper teeth
C	deeper voices

Question 14

Cheetahs usually hunt

A	once a week.
B	in packs.
C	alone.

Question 15

When its favorite foods are scarce, a cheetah may eat

A	hares, lizards, and frogs.
B	grass, flowers, and nuts.
C	from restaurant dumpsters.

Question 16

Cheetah cubs are born in litters of

A	6 to 8 babies.
B	1 to 3 babies.
C	1 to 8 babies.

Question 17

In the 1920s, people tried to race cheetahs against

A	cars.
B	dogs.
C	horses.

Question 18

One reason cheetahs are dying out is that

A	they are having a hard time finding prey.
B	the grasslands where they live are being turned into farms.
C	the grasslands where they live are getting colder and colder.

Question 19

The only hope for cheetahs in the wild may be

A	leaving sheep and goats out for them to find.
B	to fence out hyenas and other predators.
C	to study captive cheetahs.

Question 20

In the wild, cheetahs live

A	about 4 to 5 years.
B	about 10 years.
C	about 20 years.

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