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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 has Jamie gone to Klipdrift to find?

2. Who does Jamie spend all his freetime with?

3. Why does Van der Merwe allow Margert to take him on tours of the town?

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

5. Why does Banda say he took Kate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

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

4. Why does Kate help Banda escape?

5. Why does Van der Merwe make an exception of Jamie when he starts taking his daughter out into town?

6. How does Jamie try to calm down the strikers?

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

8. Describe Jamie's marriage to Margaret.

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

10. Why do the police want to kill Banda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the students think Kate makes such a successful business woman? Why is Kate so motivated to maintain the family's power? Can the students think of anyone in real life that is similar to Kate's character?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What does Van der Merwe's character say about South Africa during the late 19th century in South Africa? How does James ruin Van der Merwe's life? How would James's life have developed if Van der Merwe had treated him fairly?

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