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• ☐ ☐ ☐ severe [adj] - extreme
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mauling [n] - attack / beating
• ☐ ☐ ☐ under control [exp] - be controlled
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a pen [n] - a cage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ kanoodle [v] - kiss and hug
• ☐ ☐ ☐ work off steam [exp] - relax
• ☐ ☐ ☐ settle down [phv] - relax
• ☐ ☐ ☐ astonishingly [adv] - surprisingly
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a bolt [n] - a metal pin to lock a door
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a fluke [n] - a lucky chance / an accident
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hell bent [exp] - recklessly/very determined
• ☐ ☐ ☐ lean over [phv] - bend to one side
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a branch [n] - a part of a tree
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pile (them) up [phv] - put one on top of another
• ☐ ☐ ☐ devise [v] - make a plan
• ☐ ☐ ☐ work (something) out [phv] - find a solution
• ☐ ☐ ☐ freeze [v] - stop moving
• ☐ ☐ ☐ burglars [n] - robbers / thieves
• ☐ ☐ ☐ outwit (someone) [v] - outsmart / be smarter than
• ☐ ☐ ☐ enclosure [n] - a cage
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a rake [n] - a garden tool to collect leaves

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

1. What animal mauled Stoffel?
   humans
   other honey badgers
   lions
   
   
2. Why did they bring Hanni (the female badger) into the pen?
   to help Stoffel relax
   to produce baby honey badgers
   to attract more visitors
   
   
3. What did the female badger (Hanni) do during the escape?
   dig up rocks
   climb up the gate and slide open the bolts
   hold the fence steady
   
   
4. What did the male badger (Stoffel) do during the escape?
   dig up rocks
   climb up the gate and slide open the bolts
   hold the fence steady
   
   
5. Brian describes badgers as very...
   intelligent
   annoying
   dangerous
   
   
6. What does the narrator compare the new pen to?
   an expensive hotel
   Alcatraz
   a tree house
   
   
7. What does Stoffel use to escape the new pen the first time?
   trees
   tall grass
   mud balls
   
   
8. So how does Brian change the pen?
   He cuts the branches off the trees.
   He removed the grass.
   He made the walls higher.
   
   
9. What does Stoffel use to escape the new pen the second time?
   tree branches
   a ladder
   rocks
   
   
10. So how does Brian change the pen?
    He removed all the tree branches.
    He broke the ladder.
    He took all the rocks away.
    
    
11. Who does Brian think is trying to enter his house?
    his wife
    burglars
    Stoffel
    
    
12. Who is actually trying to enter his house?
    his wife
    burglars
    Stoffel
    
    
13. How had Stoffel escaped this (3rd) time?
    He made mud balls.
    He stole the keys.
    He jumped out.
    
    
14. What does Stoffel use to escape the last (4th) time?
    He used a computer.
    He used branches and rocks together.
    He used a rake.