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

2. What is Woody suffering from when Beryl finds him?
(a) Diarrhea
(b) A headache.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Delirium.

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

4. What was Beryl Markham's father's profession?
(a) A horse trainer.
(b) A manufacturer.
(c) A cattle rancher.
(d) A missionary.

5. What does Beryl spot while searching for Woody?
(a) A path where the grass has been bent down.
(b) Any sign of Woody.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Beryl's horse and a zebra get into a fight during her childhood?

2. What time of day does Beryl receive the emergency message to go to Nungwe?

3. Why is Beryl eager to leave Nungwe?

4. What does Ebert promise the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?

5. What does Ebert want Beryl to tell him about when she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?

(see the answer key)

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