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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Owens wanted their assistant to be from ____________.
(a) The United States.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Spain.
(d) Egypt.
2. What were the animals searching for when they came into the Owens' camp on the first night?
(a) Water.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Food.
(d) Entertainment.
3. Which part of the Owens' bodies was blistered after battling the fire near their tent?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Their feet.
(c) Their faces.
(d) Their backs.
4. Where did Mark and Delia sleep when they were studying lions in the Kalahari?
(a) In their car.
(b) In a motel.
(c) In a safari truck.
(d) In sleeping bags, under the stars.
5. How long did the fire in the Kalahari last before rains quenched it?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Three weeks.
6. Which of the following caused the Owens to lose a great deal of weight around the time of the fire?
(a) Food born illness.
(b) Meager food supplies.
(c) Contaminated water.
(d) They both went on a diet.
7. In what valley of the Kalahari did the Owens set up their camp?
(a) The Valley of Light.
(b) The Valley of Deception.
(c) The Valley of Death.
(d) The Valley of the Grasslands.
8. What was the name of the dominant hyena in Star's pack?
(a) Sassy.
(b) Goldie.
(c) Princess.
(d) Star.
9. What color is the substance excreted from a hyena's scent glands?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.
10. How did Bergie Berghoffer die?
(a) He was mauled by a lion.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) In a car crash.
(d) From old age.
11. Which of the following seasons is NOT one of the three main seasons in the Kalahari?
(a) The windy season.
(b) The hot season.
(c) The rainy season.
(d) The cold season
12. How did the Owens react the first time they saw hyenas playing together?
(a) They were terrified.
(b) They were apathetic.
(c) They were amused.
(d) They were confused.
13. How do subordinate hyenas show respect to dominant hyenas?
(a) They whimper.
(b) They scratch behind their ears.
(c) They crawl on their belly.
(d) They howl.
14. Whose job was it to kill the poisonous snakes that came near the Owens' camp?
(a) Lionel Palmer.
(b) Mark Owens.
(c) Delia Owens.
(d) Bergie Berghoffer.
15. According to Mark's dream, in what type of landscape did the cheetah die?
(a) Sand.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Water.
(d) Grass.
Short Answer Questions
1. What breakthough about hyena knowledge did the Owens discover when they first started studying the species?
2. What was the name of the one male lion in the pride the Owens studied?
3. To what animal did the green, slanted eyes in the dark night belong?
4. Who was President when the Owens first moved to the Kalahari?
5. In Mark's dream. what caused the cheetah to split in half?
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