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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 are Beryl and Blix looking for when out on an elephant scouting mission for a client?
(a) A large herd of elephants.
(b) Male elephants with big tusks.
(c) Elephants within walking distance from camp.
(d) A place near a water hole.

2. What prediction does Beryl receive from a customs official?
(a) That she will receive a gift.
(b) Her plane will crash.
(c) That she will be reacquainted with an old friend.
(d) She will fly over water to a strange country.

3. 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 wasteful because only the tusks are needed.
(d) Because it is inhumane.

4. 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) To purchase a tea plantation.
(d) Do not scout elephants from the air.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beryl decide she would like to move after rescuing the hunting party?

2. Who is the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?

3. Who does Beryl ask to come with her when she decides to move?

4. What happens after Beryl and Blix leave Cagliari?

5. Why does Tom Black give Beryl the advise in the letter he writes to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Wise Child when she runs the Saint Leger race?

2. Where does Beryl go for repairs on her plane before the hunting party moves on the Ithumba?

3. How does Tom Black want Beryl to learn how to fly?

4. What does Beryl learn about her feat after she returns to London?

5. What is Denys Finch Hatton's idea to improve hunting?

6. Where do Beryl and Blix stay in Benghazi?

7. What does Tom Black advise Beryl in a letter he writes to her from England?

8. Beryl receives a telegram from Baron von Blixen. What is the content of the telegram?

9. Who is the pilot of the plane Beryl watches land in Nairobi?

10. Why does Blix refrain from shooting the elephant that he and Beryl had scouted?

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