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

2. What was the first city in Botswana that the Owens landed in?
(a) Bobonong.
(b) Francistown.
(c) Gaborone.
(d) Kule.

3. Before falling asleep on the first night in the prologue, what direction did Mark and Delia drive to get closer to the lions through the valley?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

4. What was the typical temperature at night during the month of July?
(a) 75 degrees.
(b) 15 degrees.
(c) 35 degrees.
(d) 55 degrees.

5. In Mark's dream. what caused the cheetah to split in half?
(a) A fence.
(b) A bullet wound.
(c) A sword.
(d) A rope trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Mark and Delia related?

2. What type of animal was Captain?

3. What did the Owens name Captain's mate?

4. What did the Owens name the hyena with a white patch on her forehead?

5. Which of the following body parts of the gemsbok were the Owens shocked to witness Star eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Valley of Deception?

2. What did Mark dream about on the plane ride to Botswana?

3. How was the wildfire quenched?

4. What news did Norbert Drager bring to the Owens when he visited them for the first time?

5. How do hyenas communicate with one another?

6. How did the Owens first learn to identify animals in the night?

7. Who was Moose, and what type of relationship did he have with Delia?

8. How did the Owens react the first time they saw the brown hyenas playing together?

9. What was the Owens' initial reaction to their first wildfire in the Kalahari?

10. What did the sound "Aaoouu" signal to Mark Owens as he slept?

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