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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Beryl's childhood horse's name?
(a) Apple Jack.
(b) Balmy.
(c) Sundance.
(d) Ngare.
2. What is the runway like when Beryl lands at Nungwe?
(a) It is in great condition because emergency planes land there frequently.
(b) It has plant roots and other debris.
(c) It is too short.
(d) It is lit with torches.
3. What does Beryl see after leaving Rothschild's camp?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) Thunderclouds.
(c) A yellow cloud billowing up.
(d) A native village.
4. What happens to the lion on the night it attacks Beryl?
(a) It gets snared in a trap.
(b) It is attacked by another lion.
(c) It is injured.
(d) It is caught and caged.
5. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?
(a) Denys Finch-Hatton.
(b) Mr. Elkington.
(c) Tom Black.
(d) J.C. Carberry.
6. Who is the only female influence Beryl has during her childhood?
(a) A native woman.
(b) Lady Delamere.
(c) Mrs. Elkington.
(d) Karen Blixen.
7. Where does Beryl's father advise her to move after he gets a job as a horse trainer?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Thika.
(c) Embu.
(d) Molo.
8. What is Beryl's dog's name?
(a) Obuya.
(b) Max.
(c) Sirius.
(d) Buller.
9. What happens to the bird that could whistle during Beryl's childhood?
(a) It flies away.
(b) It whistles for the dogs that kill it.
(c) They sell it to a boy.
(d) It dies in a fire.
10. What does the new racehorse do when Beryl brushes it?
(a) The horse kicks her.
(b) The horse bites her.
(c) The horse whinnies.
(d) The horse holds still.
11. Why is Beryl reluctant to go on the emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) She is alone.
(b) She wants to search for a missing pilot.
(c) It is dark.
(d) She does not have a radio.
12. What company does Woody fly for?
(a) Afrinat.
(b) East African Airways.
(c) Daallo Airlines.
(d) Afrigiyah.
13. How is Beryl able to track her dog when he chases after a warthog during a hunting outing with the Murani Masai?
(a) By following trampled grass.
(b) Arab Maina assists her by tracking him down.
(c) By his barks and a trail of blood.
(d) Another dog follows his scent.
14. What does Carl Hastings tell Beryl about the bet with the dying man at Nungwe?
(a) That he has no recollection of the dying man or the bet.
(b) That the bet was with another man, not Hastings.
(c) That he lost the bet.
(d) That he won the bet.
15. What is Beryl's concern about the mare giving birth?
(a) The farm is ill-equipped to assist the mare if there is a medical emergency.
(b) The sanitary condition in the stable.
(c) Beryl is unfamiliar with birthing horses.
(d) There is no way to explain what is happening to the animal.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Beryl nearly miss while reminiscing about her past in Book 1, Chapter 3?
2. How is Arab Maina killed?
3. What does Beryl do after she and her father arrive at the farm where there is a lion?
4. What does seeing zebras remind Beryl of while searching for Woody?
5. What is Beryl's dog's condition when she finds him after he chases after a warthog?
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