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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 20, Kwaheri Means Farewell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man with Blackwater discuss with Beryl?
(a) He discusses the weather.
(b) He discusses his family.
(c) He discusses people he had once known.
(d) He discusses his illness.

2. 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.

3. What do Beryl and the man with the broken down car discuss?
(a) The weather.
(b) Horses.
(c) Traveling to Argentina.
(d) Airplanes.

4. Who is Kibii?
(a) One of the Elkington's farm hands.
(b) Arab Maina's son.
(c) A Kikuyu tribesman.
(d) A stable boy on Beryl's father's farm.

5. What is Beryl's concern about the mare giving birth?
(a) Beryl is unfamiliar with birthing horses.
(b) There is no way to explain what is happening to the animal.
(c) The farm is ill-equipped to assist the mare if there is a medical emergency.
(d) The sanitary condition in the stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Beryl and her dog go during an instance that she recalls from her childhood?

2. What is the content of the telegram Beryl receives?

3. How does Beryl's father spend the rest of their available funds?

4. What is Beryl's reaction to the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?

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

(see the answer key)

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