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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 find when she arrives at Ithumba?
(a) The hunting party has not arrived.
(b) The camp has been ransacked.
(c) The hunting party has killed a lot of game.
(d) The hunting party is drunk.

2. Who is the passenger in the plane that lands in Nairobi?
(a) A man who is injured in a mine collapse.
(b) A man who is mauled by a lion.
(c) A railroad worker who is injured after a dynamite explosion.
(d) A man who has been stabbed.

3. How does Beryl get Makula to fly in her plane?
(a) She threatens him.
(b) She does some guided visual imagery with him prior to the takeoff.
(c) She coaxes him.
(d) Makula flies the whole distance with a blanket over his head.

4. What does Beryl learn about the woman whom she helps make dinner in Benghazi?
(a) She is an indentured servant and still has many years left on her contract.
(b) She is trying to support seven children.
(c) She was stolen as a young child and would like to return to her country.
(d) She has syphilis.

5. Who commissions Beryl's special plane?
(a) J.C. Carberry.
(b) The Duke of Gloucester.
(c) Blix.
(d) C.B. Clutterbuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Beryl and Blix land in Amseat?

2. What is Tom Black's advise in a letter he writes to Beryl?

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

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

5. How would Beryl like to help the woman in Benghazi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Beryl's concern about her horse, Wise Child, in the Saint Leger race?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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