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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 14, Errands of the Wind.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Beryl think about when leaving the farm on horseback?
(a) About having to kill the baboon her father had befriended during her childhood.
(b) About her mother.
(c) About what will happen to her.
(d) About about her childhood friends.

4. Who is the only female influence Beryl has during her childhood?
(a) Karen Blixen.
(b) Lady Delamere.
(c) A native woman.
(d) Mrs. Elkington.

5. Where does Beryl's father get a job as a horse trainer?
(a) England
(b) Spain.
(c) The United States.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beryl's childhood horse's name?

2. Who is the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?

3. What is Rothschild's camp?

4. Where is Rothschild's camp?

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

(see the answer key)

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