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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Annie want to marry?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Robert.
(c) Jay.
(d) Mack.

2. What is mined in the local mines?
(a) Gold.
(b) Coal.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Copper.

3. What is Jay Jamisson hoping his father will give him as a birthday gift?
(a) A sugar plantation in Barbados.
(b) A seat on the company's board of directors.
(c) A new stallion.
(d) A country estate.

4. What does Mack have to do before he can leave the mine?
(a) Bring all the tools out.
(b) Shut down all the vents.
(c) Burn off the firedamp.
(d) Make sure everyone is out.

5. Who heads up the group who kidnaps Mack?
(a) Paul.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mack going to Edinburgh?

2. What preoccupies Jay's mind during the deer hunt?

3. According to the law, if a man over twenty-one works in the mine for ________________, he becomes the property of the owner.

4. How old was Mack when he first started working in the mines?

5. In what country does the novel primarily take place?

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