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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 11, My Trail is North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beryl do after she and her father arrive at the farm where there is a lion?
(a) She helps the farm hands with their duties.
(b) She excuses herself to go play.
(c) She tells her father she wants to go home.
(d) She has tea.

2. Why does Arab Maina hold up a gourd with bull's blood and curdled milk?
(a) He will use that mixture in a stew made with the meat they hunt.
(b) It is a threat to anyone who does not do his share on the hunt.
(c) He wants someone to hang it on a tree so wild animals will not eat the mixture.
(d) It is an offering to God for the strength to make a good hunt.

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

4. Who is Kibii?
(a) A Kikuyu tribesman.
(b) Arab Maina's son.
(c) A stable boy on Beryl's father's farm.
(d) One of the Elkington's farm hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Beryl receive an urgent message?

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

3. What is the new racehorse's nature?

4. What does the new racehorse do when Beryl brushes it?

5. What is the name of the racehorse that Beryl's father buys from England?

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