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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the farm where there is a lion that is allowed to roam free?
(a) J.C. Carberry.
(b) The Elkingtons.
(c) C.B. Clutterbuck
(d) The Delameres.

2. What does Beryl investigate while searching for Woody?
(a) A glint of water.
(b) Some smoke on the ground.
(c) A gathering of people.
(d) A clearing in the brush.

3. 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) Another hunting party had been through the area earlier.
(c) There is a lion.
(d) A drought has killed many of the boar.

4. What is Beryl doing when the person arrives on her doorstep in Molo to help?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Reading a book about airplanes.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Writing a letter to her father.

5. Where does Beryl's father get a job as a horse trainer?
(a) England
(b) Spain.
(c) The United States.
(d) Peru.

6. 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 swim across the English Channel.
(c) That Carl Hastings would not hunt and kill a lion.
(d) That Carl Hastings couldn't eat ten blood sausages in ten minutes.

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

8. Where does Beryl eventually find Woody?
(a) Under a tree.
(b) Lying between two large boulders.
(c) In the cockpit of his plane.
(d) In a crevice.

9. What do Beryl and the man with the broken down car discuss?
(a) The weather.
(b) Horses.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Traveling to Argentina.

10. What do Beryl and Ebert do after she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?
(a) They have tea together.
(b) They tend to the dying man.
(c) Ebert gives her a tour.
(d) They make repairs to Beryl's plane.

11. What does the lion that attacks Beryl do to its owner?
(a) It ignores the owner.
(b) It mauls the owner.
(c) It runs away from the owner.
(d) It chases the owner up a tree.

12. Why does Beryl decline her acquaintance's offer while she is assisting Woody?
(a) She does not trust the acquaintance.
(b) She would feel awkward accepting the offer.
(c) She is eager to get Woody to a hospital.
(d) She has no need for the offer.

13. What feat gives Beryl Markham celebrity status?
(a) Being a best-selling author.
(b) Serving as a pilot in World War One.
(c) Flying from east to west across the Atlantic Ocean.
(d) Starring in a motion picture.

14. Who is Kibii?
(a) Arab Maina's son.
(b) A Kikuyu tribesman.
(c) One of the Elkington's farm hands.
(d) A stable boy on Beryl's father's farm.

15. Why does Beryl fly to Rothschild's camp?
(a) To get something to eat.
(b) To ask if anyone has seen Woody.
(c) Because it was on Woody's flight plan.
(d) To refuel her plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Arab Kosky after he traps a warthog in a hole?

2. What saddens Beryl's acquaintance whom she encounters while assisting Woody?

3. What is Rothschild's camp?

4. What does Beryl's acquaintance offer to Beryl and Woody?

5. What does Ebert promise the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?

(see the answer keys)

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