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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. Where does Jamie meet the man who beats him up?

2. What news does Margaret have for Jamie in this section?

3. Who are the only two people at Van der Merwe's funeral?

4. Why does Margaret like the name Kate?

5. How does Van der Merwe react when Jamie tells him his daughter is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

2. How does David find new work in this section?

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

4. How does Jamie use the guard to escape from the diamond beach?

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. Why does Kate help Banda escape?

7. How does Jamie get the bartender onto his side?

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

9. Why does Jamie despise Margaret?

10. How does Jamie use Margaret to get back at Van der Merwe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Kate and Margaret experience at the concentration camps? How do the concentration camps affect Margaret and Kate's relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Kate's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Kate hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Kate's ideas about life?

3. How has Kate's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How does James develop his business? How is Jame's drive for success passed on to his family members?

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