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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Mark and Delia related?
(a) They are father and daughter.
(b) They are married.
(c) They are brother and sister.
(d) They are not related.

2. What do hyenas mark to show the path they have traveled?
(a) Grass stems.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Hyenas do not mark.
(d) Trees.

3. Which of the following seasons is NOT one of the three main seasons in the Kalahari?
(a) The hot season.
(b) The rainy season.
(c) The cold season
(d) The windy season.

4. In what year did Mark and Delia decide to hire an assistant?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1980.

5. How close did Star get to Delia's face when she sniffed her for the first time?
(a) Star never came close to Delia's face.
(b) Six inches.
(c) Twelve inches.
(d) Two inches.

6. What animal did the eyes that towered over the bushes at night belong to?
(a) Gazelles.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Lions.

7. How did Mark and Delia stop the fire from reaching their tent?
(a) They threw water on the fire.
(b) They moved their tent.
(c) The did not stop the fire, and their tent was destroyed.
(d) They built a trench.

8. How do subordinate hyenas show respect to dominant hyenas?
(a) They whimper.
(b) They scratch behind their ears.
(c) They howl.
(d) They crawl on their belly.

9. The Owens used their trailer _____________.
(a) To fetch water.
(b) To sleep in.
(c) To house injured animals.
(d) To store food supplies.

10. The favorite food of Laramie, the lizard, was _________.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bread crumbs.
(c) Flies.
(d) Berries.

11. What was the name of the dominant hyena in Star's pack?
(a) Princess.
(b) Goldie.
(c) Star.
(d) Sassy.

12. How wide was the fire that swept through the Kalahari during the month of July?
(a) 20 miles wide.
(b) 50 miles wide.
(c) 30 miles wide.
(d) 40 miles wide.

13. What breakthough about hyena knowledge did the Owens discover when they first started studying the species?
(a) They are nocturnal.
(b) They are pack animals.
(c) They are migratory.
(d) They are vegetarian.

14. At what time of night did the landscape go quiet, and Mark knew the lions had made a kill?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

15. In what type of landscape did Star live?
(a) In a bush.
(b) In a burrow.
(c) In a den.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lionel Palmer do for a living at the time when he met the Owens?

2. What type of animal was Chief?

3. In what month of the year did the Owens move to the Kalahari?

4. Which of the following was NOT a name of one of the lions in the pride the Owens studied?

5. What were the animals searching for when they came into the Owens' camp on the first night?

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