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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beryl learn about the woman whom she helps make dinner in Benghazi?
(a) She was stolen as a young child and would like to return to her country.
(b) She is an indentured servant and still has many years left on her contract.
(c) She is trying to support seven children.
(d) She has syphilis.

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

3. Where is Beryl the night before the Saint Leger race?
(a) The Conestoga Club.
(b) The Muthaiga Club.
(c) The Norfolk Hotel.
(d) The Hibiscus Lounge

4. When does Beryl have the saddest tone in the final chapter?
(a) When she discusses the changes in Africa.
(b) When there is a change in her relationship with her father.
(c) When she thinks about the deaths of her friends.
(d) When she reflects that she was never close to her mother.

5. 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.

6. Who commissions Beryl's special plane?
(a) The Duke of Gloucester.
(b) Blix.
(c) J.C. Carberry.
(d) C.B. Clutterbuck.

7. Why is Beryl not allowed to fly solo between Juba and Wadi Halfa without permission and other pilots are?
(a) She is English.
(b) She is white.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She only has a class B license.

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

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

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

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

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 she is too young.
(c) Becuase he does not like Beryl's attitude.
(d) Because he does not like Beryl's training methods.

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

14. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?
(a) Because they do not believe Beryl is a woman.
(b) They do not have the right paperwork.
(c) They fit the description of a couple the police are looking for.
(d) Blix is disrespectful to an official.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Beryl lands on the airstrip trying to retrieve Blix and Winston?

3. What happens after Beryl and Blix land in Amseat?

4. What idea does Denys Finch Hatton have for hunting?

5. Who teaches Beryl how to fly?

(see the answer keys)

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