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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Beryl find when she arrives at Ithumba?
(a) The hunting party has killed a lot of game.
(b) The hunting party has not arrived.
(c) The camp has been ransacked.
(d) The hunting party is drunk.

5. Where does the idea for a transatlantic flight begin?
(a) At an airplane hangar.
(b) At a tea party.
(c) On a fox hunt.
(d) At a dinner party.

6. Why are Beryl and Blix delayed in Benghazi?
(a) Blix wants to spend time with some drinking buddies.
(b) The officials want a bribe but Beryl and Blix do not have enough cash on them.
(c) They are waiting for clearance from the Italian government.
(d) Because they have to go through so much paperwork.

7. Who teaches Beryl how to fly?
(a) Denys Finch Hatton.
(b) Woody
(c) Tom Black.
(d) Blix.

8. Who is the pilot of the plane that Beryl watches land in Nairobi?
(a) Denys Finch-Hatton.
(b) Tom Black.
(c) Blix.
(d) Woody.

9. How does Blix pass the time while in Cairo?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Sightseeing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Drinking with firends.

10. What happens on the flight Beryl is supposed to take with Denys Finch Hatton?
(a) Denys's plane crashes upon takeoff in Voi.
(b) The plane goes into a spin.
(c) The plane catches on fire.
(d) The plane stalls.

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

12. Why does Wrack's owner change his mind about Beryl being his trainer?
(a) It was on the advice of a friend.
(b) Because he does not like Beryl's training methods.
(c) Because she is too young.
(d) Becuase he does not like Beryl's attitude.

13. Why is Beryl concerned about Wise Child?
(a) The horse's back muscles are stiff.
(b) The anabolic steroids the horse is on are having adverse side effects.
(c) Wise Child's legs might fail during the race.
(d) Beryl recently changed Wise Child's diet.

14. What does Blix originally think he is seeing after drinking in Cairo?
(a) A dream.
(b) A hallucination.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Pranksters.

15. What happens to the companion of the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is honored as a hero.
(c) He is convicted of a crime.
(d) He is injured and rides to Nairobi in another plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Beryl need to get permission to fly from Juba and Wadi Halfa?

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

3. Who commissions Beryl's special plane?

4. What are Beryl and Blix instructed to do when they depart from Amseat?

5. Why is Beryl not allowed to fly solo between Juba and Wadi Halfa without permission and other pilots are?

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