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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 notice when scouting elephants?
(a) The herd guards their young.
(b) That elephants attempt to guard the male elephants.
(c) They are fearful and hide.
(d) They form a group ready to attack.

2. What news does Beryl receive after she returns to London that detracts from her accomplishment?
(a) Tom Black has died.
(b) Her father is hospitalized.
(c) There was a fire at her horse stable in Africa.
(d) Blix has been incarcerated.

3. With whom does Beryl share her accomplishment?
(a) Lord Delamere.
(b) Tom Black.
(c) Her father.
(d) Ruta.

4. What request does Beryl make to the hunting party?
(a) That only one person can ride in her plane at a time.
(b) She needs to leave by sunset.
(c) She will land when they lengthen the air strip.
(d) She can only carry small game on her plane.

5. When does Beryl have the saddest tone in the final chapter?
(a) When there is a change in her relationship with her father.
(b) When she thinks about the deaths of her friends.
(c) When she reflects that she was never close to her mother.
(d) When she discusses the changes in Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Winston eventually kills the elephant found by Beryl and Blix?

2. Why is Beryl concerned about Wise Child?

3. What happens to Wise Child after the Saint Leger race?

4. What prediction does Beryl receive from a customs official?

5. What happens when Beryl and Blix are examining the elephants they have scouted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Beryl arrives in Nova Scotia?

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

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

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

8. Who is the passenger of the plane that lands in Nairobi, and what condition is that passenger in?

9. In Cairo, what does Blix tell Beryl he has seen after a night of drinking?

10. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

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