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

2. Where does Beryl's father advise her to move after he gets a job as a horse trainer?
(a) Embu.
(b) Thika.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Molo.

3. Who is the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?
(a) A railroad worker who is injured after a dynamite explosion.
(b) A man who is injured in a mine collapse.
(c) A man who has been stabbed.
(d) A man who is mauled by a lion.

4. From where does Beryl receive an urgent message?
(a) A native tribal territory.
(b) A farm.
(c) A mining camp.
(d) A hunting camp.

5. How do Beryl and the person she encounters while helping Woody greet each other?
(a) With affection.
(b) With indifference.
(c) They are polite.
(d) With disdain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Beryl reluctant to go on the emergency mission to Nungwe?

2. Why does Arab Maina hold up a gourd with bull's blood and curdled milk?

3. What is unique about Beryl as a pilot?

4. What does Beryl's flight instructor teach her to trust above all?

5. How does Beryl know she has gained the new racehorse's trust?

(see the answer key)

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