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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 lands on the airstrip trying to retrieve Blix and Winston?
(a) The plane is damaged.
(b) The plane stumbles over.
(c) She overshoots the runway and the plane ends up in the brush.
(d) She makes a perfect landing.

2. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?
(a) Blix is disrespectful to an official.
(b) They do not have the right paperwork.
(c) Because they do not believe Beryl is a woman.
(d) They fit the description of a couple the police are looking for.

3. From whom does Beryl receive a telegram after she receives the letter from Tom Black?
(a) C.B. Clutterbuck.
(b) J.C. Carberry.
(c) Baron von Blixen.
(d) Lord Delemere.

4. What happens to the companion of the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?
(a) He is honored as a hero.
(b) He dies.
(c) He is injured and rides to Nairobi in another plane.
(d) He is convicted of a crime.

5. With whom does Beryl share her accomplishment?
(a) Her father.
(b) Ruta.
(c) Lord Delamere.
(d) Tom Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi sustain his injuries?

2. Where does the idea for a transatlantic flight begin?

3. Who is the pilot of the plane that Beryl watches land in Nairobi?

4. What is the situation when Beryl finds Blix and Winston after searching for their hunting party?

5. What is Tom Black's advise in a letter he writes to Beryl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beryl get Makula to fly in her plane?

2. Why are women not allowed to fly solo between Juba and Wadi Halfa without permission form the RAF?

3. What is Denys Finch Hatton's idea to improve hunting?

4. Beryl receives a telegram from Baron von Blixen. What is the content of the telegram?

5. Who is the passenger of the plane that lands in Nairobi, and what condition is that passenger in?

6. What news detracts from Beryl's accomplishment?

7. Where does Beryl go for repairs on her plane before the hunting party moves on the Ithumba?

8. What does Tom Black advise Beryl in a letter he writes to her from England?

9. What does Beryl learn about her feat after she returns to London?

10. Why does Beryl think it is crazy for men to hunt elephants?

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