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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 18, Captives of Rivers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beryl find when she arrives at Ithumba?
(a) The hunting party has not arrived.
(b) The hunting party is drunk.
(c) The hunting party has killed a lot of game.
(d) The camp has been ransacked.

2. What does J.C. Carberry give to Beryl before flying to Ithumba?
(a) A bottle of gin.
(b) Some coffee.
(c) Some water.
(d) An elephant tusk.

3. What is most of the flour produced by Beryl's father's gristmill used for?
(a) For exportation to England.
(b) It goes to the government for workers building the Uganda Railway.
(c) For the native people.
(d) For consumption of nearby residents.

4. What does Beryl's father do with the money he earns from the gristmill?
(a) He builds a sawmill.
(b) He loses it gambling.
(c) He sends it to relatives in England.
(d) He purchases more farmland.

5. Why does Blix's hunting party want to set up a camp at Ithumba?
(a) Because the elephants are migrating into the area.
(b) Because there is a large water hole there.
(c) Because another hunting party had shot a large elephant there the week before.
(d) Because a large bull elephant was sighted there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beryl's dog's name?

2. Why does Beryl's father buy the land where his farm stands?

3. Who is the only female influence Beryl has during her childhood?

4. What was Beryl supposed to be doing during one instance she recalls from her childhood when she and her dog take off?

5. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?

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