West with the Night Quiz

Beryl Markham

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What prediction does Beryl receive from a customs official? (from Book 4, Chapter 20, Kwaheri Means Farewell)

Her plane will crash.

She will fly over water to a strange country.

That she will be reacquainted with an old friend.

That she will receive a gift.

2.

Why does Arab Maina hold up a gourd with bull's blood and curdled milk? (from Book 2, Chapter 7, Praise God for the Blood of the Bull)

It is a threat to anyone who does not do his share on the hunt.

He will use that mixture in a stew made with the meat they hunt.

It is an offering to God for the strength to make a good hunt.

He wants someone to hang it on a tree so wild animals will not eat the mixture.

3.

What does Beryl learn about her feat when she returns to London? (from Book 4, Chapter 24, The Sea Will Take Small Pride)

No one knows about her flight.

She broke an aviation record.

She is a celebrity.

Someone else had taken the flight a week before she did.

4.

Where do Beryl and her dog go during an instance that she recalls from her childhood? (from Book 2, Chapter 6, Still Is the Land)

To a nearby town.

To a river.

To the village of the Murani people.

To the Delamere's ranch.

5.

What happens after the mare gives birth? (from Book 2, Chapter 10, Was There a Horse with Wings)

The colt has to have an emergency operation.

Beryl's father gives the colt to Beryl.

The mare has to have an emergency operation.

Beryl's father criticizes her.

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