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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4, Why Do We Fly?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rothschild's camp?
(a) Int he Great Rift Valley.
(b) In the Kakamega Forest.
(c) On the Serengeti Plains.
(d) Near Lake Victoria.

2. What is unique about Beryl as a pilot?
(a) She is the only female pilot in Africa at the time.
(b) She is English.
(c) She is blind.
(d) She is self-taught.

3. Where does Beryl eventually find Woody?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) Lying between two large boulders.
(c) In the cockpit of his plane.
(d) In a crevice.

4. Why is Beryl reluctant to go on the emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) It is dark.
(b) She wants to search for a missing pilot.
(c) She is alone.
(d) She does not have a radio.

5. What does Carl Hastings tell Beryl about the bet with the dying man at Nungwe?
(a) That he lost the bet.
(b) That he won the bet.
(c) That he has no recollection of the dying man or the bet.
(d) That the bet was with another man, not Hastings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beryl Markham's father's profession?

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

3. What do Beryl and Ebert do after she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?

4. What does the man with Blackwater discuss with Beryl?

5. What does Beryl investigate while searching for Woody?

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