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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Beryl need to bring on her emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Food.
(c) Fuel.
(d) First aid supplies.
2. What does Beryl think about when leaving the farm on horseback?
(a) About what will happen to her.
(b) About her mother.
(c) About about her childhood friends.
(d) About having to kill the baboon her father had befriended during her childhood.
3. What saddens Beryl's acquaintance whom she encounters while assisting Woody?
(a) Woody's condition.
(b) That Beryl is flying airplanes.
(c) That a mutual friend has died.
(d) That Beryl has not married.
4. What is the name of a nearby ranch that has a distinguishing geographical feature?
(a) The Limestone Ranch.
(b) The Rift Valley Ranch.
(c) The Mount Kenya Ranch.
(d) The Equator Ranch
5. Where does Beryl see Carl Hastings many years after speaking with the man at Nungwe?
(a) At a horse race.
(b) On the street.
(c) On a safari.
(d) At a party.
6. What does seeing zebras remind Beryl of while searching for Woody?
(a) Hunting with native tribesmen.
(b) A childhood outing.
(c) A local superstition.
(d) That water is scarce this time of year.
7. What is the pregnant horse's name?
(a) Soledad.
(b) Frilly.
(c) Coquette.
(d) Ameenah.
8. What does Carl Hastings tell Beryl about the bet with the dying man at Nungwe?
(a) That the bet was with another man, not Hastings.
(b) That he has no recollection of the dying man or the bet.
(c) That he won the bet.
(d) That he lost the bet.
9. What is Woody suffering from when Beryl finds him?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Diarrhea
(c) Delirium.
(d) A headache.
10. What is Beryl's reaction to the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?
(a) She is really sympathetic.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is repulsed by his appearance.
(d) She is intrigued by his appearance.
11. Which one of these is NOT one of Beryl Markham's professions?
(a) A horse trainer.
(b) A taxidermist.
(c) A bush pilot.
(d) A history making aviatrix.
12. What does Kibii not like attending?
(a) Hunting rituals.
(b) Parties and dances.
(c) Church services.
(d) English colonists's teas.
13. How is Arab Maina killed?
(a) In a colonial jail.
(b) Fighting in World War I.
(c) By a lion in a hunting party.
(d) In a battle with another warrior.
14. What eventually happens to Beryl's pet zebra that follows her home after an outing during her childhood?
(a) She sells it to a local farm.
(b) One day it disappears.
(c) She gives it to a native boy.
(d) Beryl sets it free.
15. Where does Beryl eventually find Woody?
(a) In a crevice.
(b) In the cockpit of his plane.
(c) Lying between two large boulders.
(d) Under a tree.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Beryl decline her acquaintance's offer while she is assisting Woody?
2. What is unique about Beryl as a pilot?
3. Where does Beryl's father get a job as a horse trainer?
4. What does Ebert promise the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?
5. What does a Nandi boy do after Beryl beats him at a native game?
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