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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beryl doing when the person arrives on her doorstep in Molo to help?

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

3. What do Beryl and her dog do during Beryl's childhood?

4. What happens to the lion on the night it attacks Beryl?

5. What is the pregnant horse's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does most of the flour produced by Beryl's father's grist mill go?

3. What does Beryl think about after seeing a zebra while searching for Woody?

4. What does the person who Beryl encounters offer Beryl and Woody?

5. Who is the person working on a car that Beryl encounters while riding her horse?

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

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

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

9. Who is Lady Delemere?

10. What does Beryl do when she encounters the lion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Beryl able to transcend her gender and social roles during her lifetime? How have Beryl's upbringing and growing up in British East Africa shaped her as an adult? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How was survival an integral part of West with the Night? How did that concept relate to Beryl Markham? What were her views on that topic? Support your responses with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

How do animals play a role in Beryl's life? What are the most significant things Beryl takes from her experience with them? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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