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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 when Beryl lands on the airstrip trying to retrieve Blix and Winston?
(a) The plane is damaged.
(b) She makes a perfect landing.
(c) The plane stumbles over.
(d) She overshoots the runway and the plane ends up in the brush.

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

3. Why does Blix's hunting party want to set up a camp at Ithumba?
(a) Because the elephants are migrating into the area.
(b) Because a large bull elephant was sighted there.
(c) Because another hunting party had shot a large elephant there the week before.
(d) Because there is a large water hole there.

4. Who teaches Beryl how to fly?
(a) Denys Finch Hatton.
(b) Blix.
(c) Tom Black.
(d) Woody

5. Why is Beryl concerned about Wise Child?
(a) The anabolic steroids the horse is on are having adverse side effects.
(b) The horse's back muscles are stiff.
(c) Beryl recently changed Wise Child's diet.
(d) Wise Child's legs might fail during the race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the content of the telegram Beryl receives?

2. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

3. Why are Beryl and Blix delayed in Benghazi?

4. What are Beryl and Blix instructed to do when they depart from Amseat?

5. What does Beryl learn about her feat when she returns to London?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Beryl and Blix detained in Cagliari?

3. What news detracts from Beryl's accomplishment?

4. Where do Beryl and Blix stay in Benghazi?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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