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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6, Still Is the Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bet does the man at Blackwater say he had with Carl Hastings?
(a) That Carl Hastings would not hunt and kill a lion.
(b) That Carl Hastings would never marry.
(c) That Carl Hastings couldn't swim across the English Channel.
(d) That Carl Hastings couldn't eat ten blood sausages in ten minutes.

2. What happens to the lion on the night it attacks Beryl?
(a) It is injured.
(b) It is caught and caged.
(c) It gets snared in a trap.
(d) It is attacked by another lion.

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

4. What does the lion that attacks Beryl do to its owner?
(a) It runs away from the owner.
(b) It mauls the owner.
(c) It ignores the owner.
(d) It chases the owner up a tree.

5. Who owns the farm where there is a lion that is allowed to roam free?
(a) The Elkingtons.
(b) C.B. Clutterbuck
(c) The Delameres.
(d) J.C. Carberry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a nearby ranch that has a distinguishing geographical feature?

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

3. Who does Beryl see before meeting up with the lion on the farm?

4. Why does Beryl's father buy the land where his farm stands?

5. Where did Beryl Markham grow up?

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