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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 do Beryl and the man with the broken down car discuss?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) The weather.
(c) Horses.
(d) Traveling to Argentina.

2. Who does Beryl see before meeting up with the lion on the farm?
(a) Bishon Singh.
(b) Kibii.
(c) Mrs. Elkington.
(d) Lord Delamere.

3. Why does Arab Maina hold up a gourd with bull's blood and curdled milk?
(a) It is an offering to God for the strength to make a good hunt.
(b) He wants someone to hang it on a tree so wild animals will not eat the mixture.
(c) He will use that mixture in a stew made with the meat they hunt.
(d) It is a threat to anyone who does not do his share on the hunt.

4. What does seeing zebras remind Beryl of while searching for Woody?
(a) Hunting with native tribesmen.
(b) A local superstition.
(c) A childhood outing.
(d) That water is scarce this time of year.

5. What duty does Beryl's father assign her after he acquires the pregnant horse?
(a) Cleaning the horse's stable.
(b) Aiding with the birth of the foal.
(c) Observing the horse for signs of labor.
(d) Grooming the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Murani Masai hunting party unable to find wild boar where they expect?

2. What is Beryl's childhood horse's name?

3. How does Beryl feel when taking off for the emergency mission to Nungwe?

4. What kind of plane does Woody fly?

5. Why does Beryl fly to Rothschild's camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What creates the yellow cloud when Beryl was searching for Woody?

2. What was the runway like when Beryl landed at Nungwe?

3. What happens when Beryl and her dog are hunting wild boar with the Murani Masai?

4. Why does Beryl accept the emergency mission to Nungwe?

5. What does the man with Blackwater tell Beryl when she talks with him at Nungwe?

6. Where does Beryl fly to after leaving Nungwe?

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

8. What happens years later to the lion that attacks Beryl?

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

10. What happens after Coquette gives birth?

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