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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eventually happens to Beryl's pet zebra that follows her home after an outing during her childhood?
(a) One day it disappears.
(b) She sells it to a local farm.
(c) She gives it to a native boy.
(d) Beryl sets it free.

2. Why is the Murani Masai hunting party unable to find wild boar where they expect?
(a) The government is building a salt mine at that location.
(b) There is a lion.
(c) A drought has killed many of the boar.
(d) Another hunting party had been through the area earlier.

3. What do Beryl and her dog do during Beryl's childhood?
(a) They go hunting with the Murani Masai people.
(b) They assist Lord Delamere on his ranch.
(c) They explore the vicinity near their farm.
(d) They play in a river.

4. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?
(a) Denys Finch-Hatton.
(b) J.C. Carberry.
(c) Tom Black.
(d) Mr. Elkington.

5. What does Beryl need to bring on her emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Food.
(c) Fuel.
(d) First aid supplies.

6. What happens when Beryl's horse and a zebra get into a fight during her childhood?
(a) The zebra runs away.
(b) Beryl's horse is injured.
(c) Beryl is thrown from her horse.
(d) The zebra dies.

7. What does the new racehorse do when Beryl brushes it?
(a) The horse bites her.
(b) The horse whinnies.
(c) The horse kicks her.
(d) The horse holds still.

8. Where is Rothschild's camp?
(a) On the Serengeti Plains.
(b) Int he Great Rift Valley.
(c) Near Lake Victoria.
(d) In the Kakamega Forest.

9. What happens to the bird that could whistle during Beryl's childhood?
(a) It whistles for the dogs that kill it.
(b) It flies away.
(c) They sell it to a boy.
(d) It dies in a fire.

10. What does a Nandi boy do after Beryl beats him at a native game?
(a) He cries.
(b) He congratulates her.
(c) He stabs her in the leg.
(d) He runs away.

11. What does the lion do the night it attacks Beryl?
(a) It goes into hiding.
(b) It attacks farm hands.
(c) It attacks farm animals on nearby farms.
(d) It escapes into the wild.

12. Who comes to Beryl's assistance after the lion attacks her?
(a) A farm hand.
(b) Beryl's father.
(c) Mr. Elkington.
(d) Lord Delamere.

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

14. What is the name of the racehorse that Beryl's father buys from England?
(a) Tabor.
(b) Beltran.
(c) Kalahari.
(d) Camsiscan.

15. What saddens Beryl's acquaintance whom she encounters while assisting Woody?
(a) That Beryl has not married.
(b) That Beryl is flying airplanes.
(c) That a mutual friend has died.
(d) Woody's condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Beryl and Woody encounter while Beryl is helping Woody to her plane?

2. What is Beryl doing when the person arrives on her doorstep in Molo to help?

3. What does seeing zebras remind Beryl of while searching for Woody?

4. What happens to Beryl and her father as a result of a drought?

5. What does Carl Hastings tell Beryl about the bet with the dying man at Nungwe?

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