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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 does a Nandi boy do after Beryl beats him at a native game?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He congratulates her.
(c) He stabs her in the leg.
(d) He cries.

2. Why does Beryl's father buy the land where his farm stands?
(a) Because it is cheap and fertile.
(b) It is close to his cousin's farm.
(c) Because a river runs through it.
(d) It is close to the capitol.

3. What is the name of a nearby ranch that has a distinguishing geographical feature?
(a) The Mount Kenya Ranch.
(b) The Limestone Ranch.
(c) The Rift Valley Ranch.
(d) The Equator Ranch

4. What does Beryl nearly miss while reminiscing about her past in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Brush clumped together like an arrow.
(b) A flashing light on the ground.
(c) A silver glitter shaped like a pond.
(d) A red flag.

5. What does Beryl think about when leaving the farm on horseback?
(a) About having to kill the baboon her father had befriended during her childhood.
(b) About her mother.
(c) About about her childhood friends.
(d) About what will happen to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rothschild's camp?

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

3. Why does Beryl fulfill Ebert's promise to the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?

4. Where does Beryl eventually find Woody?

5. Who comes to Beryl's assistance after the lion attacks her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Beryl fly to after leaving Nungwe?

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

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

4. What happens when Beryl and her dog are hunting wild boar with the Murani Masai?

5. What does the man with Blackwater tell Beryl when she talks with him at Nungwe?

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

7. What happens years later to the lion that attacks Beryl?

8. What happens to Beryl and her father as a result of a drought?

9. Where does Beryl eventually find Woody?

10. Who is Buller?

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