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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Chapter 20, Kwaheri Means Farewell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Beryl able to track her dog when he chases after a warthog during a hunting outing with the Murani Masai?
(a) Arab Maina assists her by tracking him down.
(b) By his barks and a trail of blood.
(c) Another dog follows his scent.
(d) By following trampled grass.

2. What happens when Beryl hits the new racehorse with her whip?
(a) The horse falls onto its back.
(b) It does not move.
(c) It starts bucking.
(d) It rears up.

3. 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 couldn't swim across the English Channel.
(d) That Carl Hastings would not hunt and kill a lion.

4. Why does Arab Maina hold up a gourd with bull's blood and curdled milk?
(a) It is a threat to anyone who does not do his share on the hunt.
(b) He will use that mixture in a stew made with the meat they 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.

5. What does Beryl think about when leaving the farm on horseback?
(a) About about her childhood friends.
(b) About having to kill the baboon her father had befriended during her childhood.
(c) About her mother.
(d) About what will happen to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Woody's plane not suited for flying in Africa?

2. How does Beryl feel when taking off for the emergency mission to Nungwe?

3. What does the condition of Beryl's acquaintance she encounters while assisting Woody remind her of?

4. What does a Nandi boy do after Beryl beats him at a native game?

5. Where does Beryl see Carl Hastings many years after speaking with the man at Nungwe?

(see the answer key)

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