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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Beryl and Blix instructed to do when they depart from Amseat?
(a) To sign official documents.
(b) To circle over three forts.
(c) To drop off some cargo in Bayda.
(d) To have a safe flight.

2. Which is NOT an item given to Beryl for her historic flight?
(a) A sprig of heather.
(b) Flares.
(c) A watch.
(d) A lifejacket.

3. What happens after Beryl and Blix leave Cagliari?
(a) They have an argument.
(b) The plane has engine trouble.
(c) They realize they left their papers there and have to turn around to retrieve them.
(d) They run into a thunderstorm.

4. Where are Beryl and Blix grounded on their transcontinental flight?
(a) Khartoum.
(b) Addis Ababa.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Algiers.

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

6. What happens to Beryl eighteen months after she begins flying lessons?
(a) She has to stop taking lessons to attend to her ailing father.
(b) She fails her exam and has to retake her lessons.
(c) Beryl makes a solo flight to Uganda.
(d) She receives her B license.

7. Why does Tom Black give Beryl the advise in the letter he writes to her?
(a) It is a more secure future.
(b) She could crash or be stranded.
(c) There is great unrest among the natives.
(d) It is not very profitable.

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

9. Who leaves Beryl and Blix when they are examining the elephants they have found?
(a) Bishon Singh.
(b) Makula.
(c) Ruta.
(d) Kosky.

10. What happens after Beryl and Blix land in Amseat?
(a) They are arrested.
(b) The plane needs repairs.
(c) They are invited to dine with the local official.
(d) They need permission from the Italian government to contine.

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

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

13. 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.

14. Why are Beryl and Blix grounded for a week?
(a) Blix meets up with an old friend.
(b) They need permission from the Italian government to continue.
(c) The plane needs repairs.
(d) Because of the weather.

15. Where are Beryl and Blix forced to stay in Benghazi?
(a) At a local missionary church.
(b) At an official's home.
(c) At a local jail.
(d) At a local brothel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the companion of the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?

3. What happens when Winston eventually kills the elephant found by Beryl and Blix?

4. How would Beryl like to help the woman in Benghazi?

5. What prediction does Beryl receive from a customs official?

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