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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 16, Ivory and Sansevieria.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the runway like when Beryl lands at Nungwe?
(a) It has plant roots and other debris.
(b) It is too short.
(c) It is lit with torches.
(d) It is in great condition because emergency planes land there frequently.

2. What does Ebert promise the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?
(a) That Beryl would come and talk with him.
(b) That Beryl would deliver a message to his family.
(c) That Beryl would take him to a hospital in Nairobi.
(d) That Beryl would bring him some gin.

3. What do Beryl and Ebert do after she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?
(a) Ebert gives her a tour.
(b) They tend to the dying man.
(c) They make repairs to Beryl's plane.
(d) They have tea together.

4. Where do Beryl and her dog wait during the instance that Beryl recalls from her childhood?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a clearing.
(c) In a hut.
(d) On a rock.

5. What eventually happens years later to the lion that attacks Beryl?
(a) It is sold to a zoo.
(b) The owners are forced to have the lion shot.
(c) It is killed by another lion.
(d) It is sold to a circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beryl Markham's father's profession?

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

3. From whom does Beryl receive a telegram after she receives the letter from Tom Black?

4. What bet does the man at Blackwater say he had with Carl Hastings?

5. Where is Rothschild's camp?

(see the answer key)

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