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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. What happens when Beryl's horse and a zebra get into a fight during her childhood?
(a) Beryl's horse is injured.
(b) Beryl is thrown from her horse.
(c) The zebra dies.
(d) The zebra runs away.

2. Why is Beryl partly saddened by this person assisting her in Molo?
(a) The cost for the services is high.
(b) Beryl will lose some control over how the stables are run.
(c) That now there was a master and servant relationship instead of being friends.
(d) He is her father's friend who has fallen on hard times.

3. How does Beryl know she has gained the new racehorse's trust?
(a) It seems more comfortable when she cleans his stall.
(b) He stops throwing Beryl.
(c) He lets Beryl pet him.
(d) The horse stands over her to protect her when she spends the night in its stall.

4. How is Arab Maina killed?
(a) In a colonial jail.
(b) Fighting in World War I.
(c) In a battle with another warrior.
(d) By a lion in a hunting party.

5. What happens to the lion on the night it attacks Beryl?
(a) It is attacked by another lion.
(b) It gets snared in a trap.
(c) It is caught and caged.
(d) It is injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beryl's father advise her to move after he gets a job as a horse trainer?

2. What happens to Arab Kosky after he traps a warthog in a hole?

3. What feat gives Beryl Markham celebrity status?

4. What does Kibii not like attending?

5. Why is Beryl eager to leave Nungwe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who appears on Beryl's doorstep when she wishes there was someone who could help train her horses?

2. Why is Woody's plane not suited for Africa?

3. From where does Beryl receive an emergency message?

4. Where does Beryl fly to after leaving Nungwe?

5. What creates the yellow cloud when Beryl was searching for Woody?

6. What choice does Beryl's father give her after he gets a job as a horse trainer?

7. Why does Beryl accept the emergency mission to Nungwe?

8. What happens when Beryl beats a Nandi boy at a game played by natives?

9. What does Ebert want Beryl to tell him about at Nungwe?

10. When Beryl was a child, where do she and her father visit that has a lion roaming free on the property?

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