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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. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the deaths of the wildebeest during their migration?
(a) Scarcity of food.
(b) Poachers.
(c) Disease.
(d) The heat.

2. Which of the following people did NOT help in the process of tagging the brown hyenas around camp?
(a) Delia.
(b) Mark.
(c) Mox.
(d) Lionel.

3. Which of the following illnesses was Blue suffering from at the time the Owens found her in 1979?
(a) Mange.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Scabies.

4. What was Mox's initial reaction to the airplane Mark purchased?
(a) He was apathetic to it.
(b) He was intrigued by it.
(c) He was afraid of it.
(d) He was confused by it.

5. Which of the following is NOT a way that lions communicate with each other?
(a) Through roaring.
(b) Through high pitched squealing.
(c) Through scent marking.
(d) Through facial expressions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following lionesses proved to be the best mother to her cubs?

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

3. What was Mox's primary language at the time when he was hired?

4. After drinking from the lake, where did the wildebeest run to in order to seek shelter?

5. Why couldn't the Owens reach Gypsy's cubs to save them before starvation took them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What interesting information did the Owens learn about scavenging by watching the feeding relationship between Star and the Pink Panther?

6. What state was Bones in when the Owens first found him?

7. Who were Wes and Anne?

8. Why were the Owens surprised when the Blue Pride accepted Happy as one of their own?

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

10. How did Star die?

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