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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the new racehorse throws Beryl?
(a) Beryl injures her tail bone.
(b) Beryl cuts her leg on a rock.
(c) She hits her head on a tree.
(d) Beryl hurts her arm.

2. What is Beryl's dog's condition when she finds him after he chases after a warthog?
(a) He has a few scratches.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is half dead.
(d) He is lively and uninjured.

3. What feat gives Beryl Markham celebrity status?
(a) Flying from east to west across the Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Serving as a pilot in World War One.
(c) Being a best-selling author.
(d) Starring in a motion picture.

4. Who comes to Beryl's assistance after the lion attacks her?
(a) Mr. Elkington.
(b) Lord Delamere.
(c) A farm hand.
(d) Beryl's father.

5. What does Beryl see while flying over an area a second time while searching for Woody?
(a) A heard of wildebeast.
(b) Woody's plane.
(c) A bushfire.
(d) A tribe of Masai.

6. Why does Beryl fulfill Ebert's promise to the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?
(a) Because she knows the man will soon die.
(b) She feels guilty.
(c) She owes Ebert a favor.
(d) It was covenient for Beryl to fulfill the promise.

7. What does Beryl do after she passes the lion?
(a) She begins to run.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She throws a rock at the lion.
(d) She climbs a tree.

8. What is Beryl's plane not equipped with?
(a) Landing gear.
(b) A passenger seat.
(c) A fuel gauge.
(d) A radio.

9. What does Beryl's dog survive when Beryl was a child?
(a) Getting snared in a trap.
(b) A mauling from a leopard.
(c) Being accidentally shot by a hunting party.
(d) A mass cell tumor.

10. What duty does Beryl's father assign her after he acquires the pregnant horse?
(a) Grooming the horse.
(b) Aiding with the birth of the foal.
(c) Observing the horse for signs of labor.
(d) Cleaning the horse's stable.

11. Why does Beryl accept the mission to Nungwe?
(a) She needs to log more flight time.
(b) She wants to prove herself to the other pilots.
(c) She knows a man needs her.
(d) She wants the thrill of adventure.

12. What does Beryl need to bring on her emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) Food.
(b) Fuel.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) First aid supplies.

13. What time of day does Beryl receive the emergency message to go to Nungwe?
(a) In the morning.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) In the evening.
(d) At night.

14. What does the condition of Beryl's acquaintance she encounters while assisting Woody remind her of?
(a) That she needs to be more careful while in the bush.
(b) An incident during her childhood.
(c) That she needs to make a doctor's appointment.
(d) Of a man that she helped a few months before.

15. What tribal groups help Beryl's father clear the land for the farm?
(a) Ameru and Turkana people.
(b) Luhya and Luo people.
(c) Kavirondo and Kikuyu people.
(d) Kamba and Kisii people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lion that attacks Beryl do to its owner?

2. What eventually happens to Beryl's pet zebra that follows her home after an outing during her childhood?

3. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?

4. What does Carl Hastings tell Beryl about the bet with the dying man at Nungwe?

5. What does the man with Blackwater discuss with Beryl?

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