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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beryl nearly miss while reminiscing about her past in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) A silver glitter shaped like a pond.
(b) Brush clumped together like an arrow.
(c) A flashing light on the ground.
(d) A red flag.

2. What kind of plane does Woody fly?
(a) A Grumman G-21 Goose.
(b) A Piper Cub.
(c) A German Klemm monoplane.
(d) A Salmson 2A2.

3. Who is the only female influence Beryl has during her childhood?
(a) Karen Blixen.
(b) Mrs. Elkington.
(c) A native woman.
(d) Lady Delamere.

4. Where does Beryl's father advise her to move after he gets a job as a horse trainer?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Thika.
(c) Embu.
(d) Molo.

5. Who arrives at Beryl's door in Molo to assist her with her need?
(a) Arab Kosky
(b) Arab Ruta.
(c) Bishon Singh.
(d) Arab Maina

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man with Blackwater discuss with Beryl?

2. Who does Beryl stop to assist when his car breaks down?

3. What saddens Beryl's acquaintance whom she encounters while assisting Woody?

4. What does Ebert promise the man with Blackwater at Nungwe?

5. Where do Beryl and her dog wait during the instance that Beryl recalls from her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lady Delemere?

2. How is Beryl assured that she has gained Camsiscan's trust?

3. What happens to Beryl and her father as a result of a drought?

4. Who does Beryl encounter while carrying Woody back to her plane?

5. Why does Beryl need to tend to an emergency in the middle of the night?

6. What does the person who Beryl encounters offer Beryl and Woody?

7. Where does Beryl fly to after leaving Nungwe?

8. What happens after the lion's owner comes to assist Beryl after the attack?

9. What happens when Beryl beats a Nandi boy at a game played by natives?

10. What does Ebert want Beryl to tell him about at Nungwe?

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