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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Blix's hunting party want to set up a camp at Ithumba?
(a) Because the elephants are migrating into the area.
(b) Because there is a large water hole there.
(c) Because a large bull elephant was sighted there.
(d) Because another hunting party had shot a large elephant there the week before.

2. 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) Because of the weather.
(d) The plane needs repairs.

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

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

5. What does Blix want Beryl to bring with her after she takes Winston back to camp?
(a) A change of clothes.
(b) Water.
(c) Food for the porters.
(d) A first aid kit.

6. Why did Blix refrain from shooting the elephant that he and Beryl had scouted?
(a) It was not very sportsmanlike.
(b) The elephant is too close to get a good shot.
(c) Because he is too frightened.
(d) Because it is for his client.

7. Where does Beryl go for repairs to her plane?
(a) To Nairobi.
(b) To Baron von Blixen's farm.
(c) To the Delamere's ranch.
(d) J.C. Carberry's coffee plantation, Seramai

8. Where does Beryl go to live after her flight?
(a) Canada.
(b) British East Africa.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

9. Why does Beryl need to get permission to fly from Juba and Wadi Halfa?
(a) There are many hostile natives in the area.
(b) The government needs to track all customs in the area.
(c) The plane may be a security threat.
(d) Because it is a swamp and a pilot would be stranded if he or she has to land.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wise Child do in the Saint Leger race?

2. What are Beryl and Blix looking for when out on an elephant scouting mission for a client?

3. What is the situation when Beryl finds Blix and Winston after searching for their hunting party?

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

5. What does Blix tell Beryl after a night of drinking in Cairo?

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