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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Star.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the substance excreted from a hyena's scent glands?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

2. How did the Owens react to the news that Bergie Berghoffer was dead?
(a) They decided to go back home.
(b) They decided to keep working in his honor.
(c) They decided to take three months off to attend his funeral.
(d) They did not react to the news.

3. What did the Owens name the hyena with a white patch on her forehead?
(a) Star.
(b) Love.
(c) Princess.
(d) Diamond.

4. At what time of night did the landscape go quiet, and Mark knew the lions had made a kill?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

5. How do subordinate hyenas show respect to dominant hyenas?
(a) They scratch behind their ears.
(b) They howl.
(c) They crawl on their belly.
(d) They whimper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the fire in the Kalahari last before rains quenched it?

2. In what decade did Mark and Delia first move to the Kalahari?

3. In Mark's dream. what caused the cheetah to split in half?

4. What organization did Bergie Berghoffer work for?

5. How did the Owens celebrate their first Christmas in the Kalahari?

(see the answer key)

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