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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 happens to Beryl's plane after her transatlantic flight?
(a) It is placed in the town square where she was born.
(b) It is placed in a museum.
(c) J.C. Carberry sells it to a man who lets it deteriorate.
(d) It is used for scrap metal in World War Two.

2. What does Beryl learn about her feat when she returns to London?
(a) She broke an aviation record.
(b) No one knows about her flight.
(c) She is a celebrity.
(d) Someone else had taken the flight a week before she did.

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

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

5. Where are Beryl and Blix grounded on their transcontinental flight?
(a) Algiers.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Addis Ababa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the situation when Beryl finds Blix and Winston after searching for their hunting party?

2. With whom does Beryl share her accomplishment?

3. Why does Beryl need to get permission to fly from Juba and Wadi Halfa?

4. Why are Beryl and Blix delayed in Benghazi?

5. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Beryl lands on the airfield to retrieve Blix and Winston?

4. What news detracts from Beryl's accomplishment?

5. Why were Beryl and Blix forced to stay grounded in Cairo for a week?

6. How does Beryl get Makula to fly in her plane?

7. What are Beryl and Blix required to do after they take off from Amseat?

8. Why does Beryl think it is crazy for men to hunt elephants?

9. How does the idea for Beryl's transatlantic flight begin?

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

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