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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Beryl not allowed to leave Cairo as quickly as she has in the past?
(a) The official she knows is not in town.
(b) They are not allowed to transport alcohol.
(c) Their papers have been misplaced.
(d) The weather is bad.

2. Why does Beryl think it is crazy for men to hunt elephants?
(a) The elephants are big targets and it is not much of a challenge.
(b) Because of the size difference between men and elephants.
(c) Because it is inhumane.
(d) Because it is wasteful because only the tusks are needed.

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

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

5. What request does Beryl make to the hunting party?
(a) She will land when they lengthen the air strip.
(b) She needs to leave by sunset.
(c) That only one person can ride in her plane at a time.
(d) She can only carry small game on her plane.

6. What is Beryl's assessment of her historic flight?
(a) That it is a success.
(b) That it is a failure.
(c) That it received too much publicity.
(d) That it could be retooled and attempted again.

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

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

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 catches their scent.
(c) One of the elephants charges at them.
(d) Two of the elephants get into a fight near Beryl and Blix.

10. What is Tom Black's advise in a letter he writes to Beryl?
(a) To leave British East Africa.
(b) To stop training horses.
(c) Do not scout elephants from the air.
(d) To purchase a tea plantation.

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

12. What is the content of the telegram Beryl receives?
(a) The sender is making final arrangements for a safari he has organized.
(b) The sender wants her to train his horses.
(c) The sender wants her to fly greater distances.
(d) The sender encourages her to come to England.

13. 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.

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

15. Who is the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?
(a) A railroad worker who is injured after a dynamite explosion.
(b) A man who has been stabbed.
(c) A man who is injured in a mine collapse.
(d) A man who is mauled by a lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Beryl eighteen months after she begins flying lessons?

2. Where does Beryl's plane land after her historic transatlantic flight?

3. What does Beryl notice when scouting elephants?

4. How does the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi sustain his injuries?

5. Where does Tom Black move to after he leaves British East Africa?

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