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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Beryl accept the mission to Nungwe?
(a) She needs to log more flight time.
(b) She knows a man needs her.
(c) She wants to prove herself to the other pilots.
(d) She wants the thrill of adventure.

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

4. How does Beryl feel when taking off for the emergency mission to Nungwe?
(a) Unafraid.
(b) Apprehensive.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Eager.

5. What help does Beryl wish she had in Molo?
(a) Help with bookkeeping.
(b) Help cleaning the house.
(c) Help cleaning stalls.
(d) Help training horses.

6. Where do Beryl and her dog go during an instance that she recalls from her childhood?
(a) To a nearby town.
(b) To the village of the Murani people.
(c) To a river.
(d) To the Delamere's ranch.

7. What is Rothschild's camp?
(a) A hotel for high society colonists.
(b) A mining camp.
(c) A camp for railway workers.
(d) A refuge for hunting parties.

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

9. 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) At a party.
(d) On a safari.

10. What does the condition of Beryl's acquaintance she encounters while assisting Woody remind her of?
(a) Of a man that she helped a few months before.
(b) That she needs to be more careful while in the bush.
(c) That she needs to make a doctor's appointment.
(d) An incident during her childhood.

11. 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) It is an offering to God for the strength to make a good hunt.
(c) He wants someone to hang it on a tree so wild animals will not eat the mixture.
(d) He will use that mixture in a stew made with the meat they hunt.

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

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

14. What does Beryl's father do with the money he earns from the gristmill?
(a) He sends it to relatives in England.
(b) He loses it gambling.
(c) He builds a sawmill.
(d) He purchases more farmland.

15. What does Ebert want Beryl to tell him about when she drops off the oxygen at Nungwe?
(a) Flying.
(b) The weather report for the next day.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) News from the large cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lion that attacks Beryl do to its owner?

2. What company does Woody fly for?

3. Where is Rothschild's camp?

4. Where do Beryl and her dog wait during the instance that Beryl recalls from her childhood?

5. What does the new racehorse do when Beryl brushes it?

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