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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 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) They are dehydrated.
(c) Winston has injured his leg.
(d) The porters have set up a camp until they can be rescued.

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

3. What happens to Beryl eighteen months after she begins flying lessons?
(a) She has to stop taking lessons to attend to her ailing father.
(b) She receives her B license.
(c) Beryl makes a solo flight to Uganda.
(d) She fails her exam and has to retake her lessons.

4. 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.

5. Where are Beryl and Blix forced to stay in Benghazi?
(a) At a local missionary church.
(b) At a local jail.
(c) At an official's home.
(d) At a local brothel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What idea does Denys Finch Hatton have for hunting?

3. Why are Beryl and Blix delayed in Benghazi?

4. Why are Beryl and Blix grounded for a week?

5. Where does Beryl go for repairs to her plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Beryl and Blix stay in Benghazi?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

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

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