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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea does Denys Finch Hatton have for hunting?
(a) To scare competing hunting parties' game away using an airplane.
(b) To hunt game from an airplane.
(c) To herd game using a plane.
(d) To scout elephants by plane.

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

3. What is the situation when Beryl finds Blix and Winston after searching for their hunting party?
(a) They are dehydrated.
(b) They have run out of food and the porters are on strike.
(c) The porters have set up a camp until they can be rescued.
(d) Winston has injured his leg.

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

5. How does Beryl get Makula to fly in her plane?
(a) Makula flies the whole distance with a blanket over his head.
(b) She threatens him.
(c) She coaxes him.
(d) She does some guided visual imagery with him prior to the takeoff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Beryl notice when scouting elephants?
(a) They form a group ready to attack.
(b) That elephants attempt to guard the male elephants.
(c) The herd guards their young.
(d) They are fearful and hide.

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

14. What news does Beryl receive after she returns to London that detracts from her accomplishment?
(a) Blix has been incarcerated.
(b) Tom Black has died.
(c) There was a fire at her horse stable in Africa.
(d) Her father is hospitalized.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Beryl and Blix grounded on their transcontinental flight?

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

3. Why is Beryl not allowed to leave Cairo as quickly as she has in the past?

4. How does Blix pass the time while in Cairo?

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

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