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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. Who does Jamie fall in love with in this chapter?

2. What does Jamie suggest they use to travel over the reefs in Namib Desert?

3. Who does Jamie send to help Banda?

4. Where is Kate working at the beginning of this section?

5. Why does David decide to enlist in the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret send Kate to boarding school?

2. How does the Boer War affect Margaret and Kate's lives?

3. Why does no one recognize Jamie when he returns to Klipdrift?

4. Describe Jamie's marriage to Margaret.

5. Why does think Jamie a raft will help them in their mission to steal from Van der Merwe's diamond beach in Namib Desert?

6. What problems does Jamie suffer on his journey to find diamonds?

7. Why do the police want to kill Banda?

8. How does Jamie think they can get across the minefield?

9. How does Jamie get Van der Merwe's diamond beach?

10. What problems do Banda and Jamie have with their raft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following questions:

1) Why is Eve so against her sister Alexandra?

2) What does say about Alexandra that she never reacts badly to Alexandra behavior?

3) What meaning does it give the story that it is Eve and not Alexandra that suffers in the end?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jamie's death affect the lives of the characters? How would the story if Jamie lived?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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