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Knock out the false claims

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Question
    The jungle rule forbids every beast to eat Man. Three of the claims below about that rule are false.
    Choices
    1. Explanation
      That rule is said never to order anything without a reason.
      Item
      The rule is given with no reason at all
    2. Explanation
      The one exception sends the hunter outside its own grounds.
      Item
      A beast may hunt Man in its own grounds
    3. Item
      The beasts call Man weak and defenceless
      Correct
      Yes
    4. Explanation
      They are said to become mangy and to lose their teeth.
      Item
      Man-eaters grow sleek and strong
Instructions
Tap the three false claims about the jungle rule on hunting Man, leaving the true one standing.

Explanation

_Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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