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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 help does Beryl wish she had in Molo?
(a) Help with bookkeeping.
(b) Help cleaning the house.
(c) Help cleaning stalls.
(d) Help training horses.

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

3. What request does Beryl make to the hunting party?
(a) That only one person can ride in her plane at a time.
(b) She can only carry small game on her plane.
(c) She will land when they lengthen the air strip.
(d) She needs to leave by sunset.

4. What is Beryl doing when the person arrives on her doorstep in Molo to help?
(a) Writing a letter to her father.
(b) Reading a book about airplanes.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating dinner.

5. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?
(a) Mr. Elkington.
(b) Tom Black.
(c) J.C. Carberry.
(d) Denys Finch-Hatton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Beryl partly saddened by this person assisting her in Molo?

2. What happens when Winston eventually kills the elephant found by Beryl and Blix?

3. What do Beryl and the man with the broken down car discuss?

4. Where does Beryl go for repairs to her plane?

5. What is the name of a nearby ranch that has a distinguishing geographical feature?

(see the answer key)

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