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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a nearby ranch that has a distinguishing geographical feature?

2. What is the runway like when Beryl lands at Nungwe?

3. What is unique about Beryl as a pilot?

4. Where does Beryl see Carl Hastings many years after speaking with the man at Nungwe?

5. Where do Beryl and her dog wait during the instance that Beryl recalls from her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Beryl's concern when Coquette is giving birth?

2. What happens years later to the lion that attacks Beryl?

3. What is the image that Beryl thinks is a glint of water?

4. Where does most of the flour produced by Beryl's father's grist mill go?

5. What does Beryl think about after seeing a zebra while searching for Woody?

6. What does the person who Beryl encounters offer Beryl and Woody?

7. Why is Beryl reluctant to go on the emergency mission to Nungwe?

8. What happens when Beryl and her dog are hunting wild boar with the Murani Masai?

9. What does Beryl do when she encounters the lion?

10. What happens to Arab Kosky and Beryl's dog when Arab Kosky and Beryl corner a warthog while hunting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Beryl consider her transatlantic flight a failure? Are there other failures she has had in her life? Why? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Beryl Markham was quoted as saying, "If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work." How does her experience in West of the Night support this quote? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is Beryl's view toward hunting elephants? Why does she think that way? Support with examples from the book.

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