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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best described Mox at the time when he was hired by the Owens?
(a) Shy.
(b) Scared.
(c) Strong.
(d) Stylish.

2. While Delia was in the hospital, which relative did she hear about dying?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

3. In the two year span of 1977-1979, how much water fell in the Kalahari?
(a) Two inches.
(b) Four inches.
(c) Six inches.
(d) Eight inches.

4. What animal did Blue kill, signaling to the Owens that she was back in peak condition?
(a) A zebra.
(b) A wildebeest.
(c) A gazelle.
(d) A giraffe.

5. How many hours did Mark put in for his pilots license before he received it?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Forty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of animals killed Star?

2. How many wildebeest died in the migration toward water?

3. Which of the following statements best describes the lioness Muffin and Moffet tried to court?

4. What did Mark rub on Blue's skin to try to treat her illness?

5. How much did the Owens pay Mox per day for his assistance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had the political landscape in Botswana changed during the four weeks the Owens spent visiting family in the States?

2. Why did the Owens find it necessary to tag the gang of brown hyenas that lived near their camp?

3. How did the airplane help improve Mark and Delia's research of the lions in the Kalahari?

4. What was the Owens' reaction to the scientific visitors in their camp during the dry season of 1979?

5. What was Mark's first reaction to the wildebeest migration when he saw it?

6. What state was Bones in when the Owens first found him?

7. How did feeding life for the lions change in the dry season of 1977?

8. Why did the Owens particularly enjoy their stay at the Buffalo Cottage?

9. How many wildebeest died during their migration, and how?

10. What was Satan, and how did he die?

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