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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. After drinking from the lake, where did the wildebeest run to in order to seek shelter?
(a) There was no shelter for the wildebeest.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The woods.
(d) The bushes.

2. How many pups did Star give birth to in her final litter?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. During the hot, dry season of 1979, how hot did the riverbed get during the daytime?
(a) 130 degrees.
(b) 110 degrees.
(c) 90 degrees.
(d) 150 degrees.

4. What did Mark rub on Blue's skin to try to treat her illness?
(a) Sun screen.
(b) Butter.
(c) Sand.
(d) Motor oil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Owens know that the corpse in the shed belonged to Bones?

2. Which of the following small animals did Mox inadvertently kill while collecting mice for research?

3. Which of the following illnesses was Blue suffering from at the time the Owens found her in 1979?

4. Which of the following people accidentally shot Bones to death?

5. Which of the following people did NOT help in the process of tagging the brown hyenas around camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Muffin die?

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

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

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

5. Who was Mr. Van der Westhuizen?

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

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

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

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

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

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