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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. Who brought food to Star's pups after her death?
(a) The other hyenas.
(b) The Owens.
(c) The pups hunted for themselves.
(d) The lions.

2. How many of Gypsy's cubs died due to starvation?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. Which of the following adjectives best described the Serengeti lionesses as mothers when the Owens observed them?
(a) Affectionate.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Negligent.
(d) Smothering.

4. How many miles did the wildebeest migration have to walk out of their way to maneuver around the fence?
(a) Twenty-five miles.
(b) Fifty miles.
(c) Seventy-five miles.
(d) One hundred miles.

5. Which of the following people accidentally shot Bones to death?
(a) Anne.
(b) Lionel.
(c) Wes.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which of the following animals were Wes and Anne, the hunters, most interested?

3. In the two year span of 1977-1979, how much water fell in the Kalahari?

4. How many pups did Star give birth to in her final litter?

5. Where was Bones shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Star die?

2. How did the Owens find out that Mox had quit his position as their assistant?

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

4. How did Muffin die?

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

6. Who eats first in a pride of lions?

7. What condition was Blue in at the time when the Owens first found her?

8. How did Mark manage to purchase an airplane for his research?

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

10. How did Bones' death affect the way of life for the subjects of the Owens' study?

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