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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. According to Mark's dream, in what type of landscape did the cheetah die?
(a) Water.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Grass.
(d) Sand.

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

3. What type of animal was Chief?
(a) A bird.
(b) A rat.
(c) A jackal.
(d) A monkey.

4. In what decade did Mark and Delia first move to the Kalahari?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1960s.

5. In what month of the year did the Owens move to the Kalahari?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the one male lion in the pride the Owens studied?

2. Which of the following methods of escape was NOT one used by the animals of the Kalahari to escape the fire?

3. What animal did the eyes that towered over the bushes at night belong to?

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

5. Which of the following was NOT a name of one of the lions in the pride the Owens studied?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mark leave Delia alone in the camp for three days while he traveled to Maun?

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

3. How do hyenas communicate with one another?

4. How did the Owens lose their first water supply after moving to their camp?

5. How did Captain hunt for rats?

6. How was the wildfire quenched?

7. How did life in the Owens' camp improve after Lionel Palmer came to visit?

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

9. How does the memoir "Cry of the Kalahari" open?

10. Who was Bergie Berghoffer?

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