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

2. What part of Beryl's body does the lion bite?
(a) Her shoulder.
(b) Her waist.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her leg.

3. What does the condition of Beryl's acquaintance she encounters while assisting Woody remind her of?
(a) That she needs to make a doctor's appointment.
(b) Of a man that she helped a few months before.
(c) An incident during her childhood.
(d) That she needs to be more careful while in the bush.

4. Which one of these is NOT one of Beryl Markham's professions?
(a) A taxidermist.
(b) A horse trainer.
(c) A history making aviatrix.
(d) A bush pilot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What company does Woody fly for?

3. What does Beryl's father do with the money he earns from the gristmill?

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

5. What kind of plane does Woody fly?

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