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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the content of the telegram Beryl receives?
(a) The sender encourages her to come to England.
(b) The sender wants her to fly greater distances.
(c) The sender wants her to train his horses.
(d) The sender is making final arrangements for a safari he has organized.

2. What happens when Beryl lands on the airstrip trying to retrieve Blix and Winston?
(a) She overshoots the runway and the plane ends up in the brush.
(b) The plane is damaged.
(c) The plane stumbles over.
(d) She makes a perfect landing.

3. Who does Beryl ask to come with her when she decides to move?
(a) Her father.
(b) Ruta.
(c) Winston.
(d) Blix.

4. What happens when Winston eventually kills the elephant found by Beryl and Blix?
(a) He gives Beryl and Blix a tusk.
(b) He is disappointed there is only one elephant.
(c) He finds its size to be wanting.
(d) He is grateful that Beryl and Blix found it for him.

5. What does J.C. Carberry give to Beryl before flying to Ithumba?
(a) A bottle of gin.
(b) An elephant tusk.
(c) Some water.
(d) Some coffee.

6. What does Beryl's flight instructor teach her to trust above all?
(a) The wind currents.
(b) Her gut.
(c) Her compass.
(d) The condition of the skies.

7. What decision does Beryl make after a plane lands in Nairobi?
(a) To become a writer.
(b) To become a nurse.
(c) To become a bush pilot.
(d) To become an advocate for the indigenous people.

8. What happens when Beryl and Blix are examining the elephants they have scouted?
(a) Two of the elephants get into a fight near Beryl and Blix.
(b) The elephants do not see them and almost stomps on them.
(c) One of the elephants catches their scent.
(d) One of the elephants charges at them.

9. What does Wise Child's owner do before the race?
(a) He thoroughly looks the horse over.
(b) Makes bets on Wise Child on Beryl and Arab Ruta's behalf.
(c) He prays.
(d) He drinks heavily.

10. What happens to Beryl's plane after her transatlantic flight?
(a) It is used for scrap metal in World War Two.
(b) J.C. Carberry sells it to a man who lets it deteriorate.
(c) It is placed in a museum.
(d) It is placed in the town square where she was born.

11. What does Beryl respond to Tom Black in her letter?
(a) She tells Tom she does not think it is a good idea.
(b) She thanks him for the advice and promises to follow it.
(c) That she has one more job to do, and then she will follow his advice.
(d) She is offended with his meddling.

12. Where does Beryl's plane land after her historic transatlantic flight?
(a) Newfoundland.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) Labrador.
(d) New Brunswick.

13. How does Wise Child do in the Saint Leger race?
(a) She comes in last.
(b) She comes in fourth.
(c) She takes second in the final stretch.
(d) She wins.

14. Who does Beryl need to get permission from to fly from Juba and Wadi Halfa?
(a) The tribal council.
(b) The RAF.
(c) The Italian government.
(d) The French government.

15. What happens to Wise Child after the Saint Leger race?
(a) She dies.
(b) She is retired.
(c) She begins to race on the professional circuit.
(d) The owner breeds her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom Black give Beryl the advise in the letter he writes to her?

2. What does Beryl notice when scouting elephants?

3. Why does Beryl think it is crazy for men to hunt elephants?

4. With whom does Beryl share her accomplishment?

5. Why did Blix refrain from shooting the elephant that he and Beryl had scouted?

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