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

2. What is Rothschild's camp?
(a) A camp for railway workers.
(b) A hotel for high society colonists.
(c) A mining camp.
(d) A refuge for hunting parties.

3. What does Beryl's acquaintance offer to Beryl and Woody?
(a) A place to stay in Nairobi.
(b) To take Beryl and Woody to Nairobi on his horse.
(c) Some bandages.
(d) Some food.

4. What happens when Beryl's horse and a zebra get into a fight during her childhood?
(a) Beryl's horse is injured.
(b) Beryl is thrown from her horse.
(c) The zebra dies.
(d) The zebra runs away.

5. What does Ebert want Beryl to tell him about when she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?
(a) News from the large cities.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) The weather report for the next day.
(d) Flying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beryl's plane not equipped with?

2. What does seeing zebras remind Beryl of while searching for Woody?

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

4. From where does Beryl receive an urgent message?

5. How does Beryl feel when taking off for the emergency mission to Nungwe?

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