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

2. What are Beryl and Blix instructed to do when they depart from Amseat?
(a) To drop off some cargo in Bayda.
(b) To sign official documents.
(c) To have a safe flight.
(d) To circle over three forts.

3. 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) She broke an aviation record.
(d) Someone else had taken the flight a week before she did.

4. Why is Beryl not allowed to fly solo between Juba and Wadi Halfa without permission and other pilots are?
(a) She only has a class B license.
(b) She is English.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She is white.

5. Why are Beryl and Blix grounded for a week?
(a) They need permission from the Italian government to continue.
(b) Because of the weather.
(c) Blix meets up with an old friend.
(d) The plane needs repairs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Wrack's owner change his mind about Beryl being his trainer?

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

5. How does Wise Child do in the Saint Leger race?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Beryl flies to the hunters' camp at Ithumba?

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

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

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

9. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

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

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