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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 Kate marry at the end of this section?

2. Who takes care of Jamie after he suffers a stroke?

3. Who did Banda kill?

4. What does Kate study when she returns to South Africa?

5. What kind animal dies on Jamie's journey to find diamonds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate's life change after her mother's death?

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

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

4. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

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 do the police want to kill Banda?

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

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

9. Why does Jamie decide to marry Margaret?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How accurate do the students think is Sidney Sheldon's representation of powerful families? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the following questions:

1) Why do the students think Kate grows up into such cold person?

2) How does Kate's cold attitude affect the other family members?

Essay Topic 3

What does Sidney Sheldon say about the self-made man? What does it say about Sheldon's own views about life? How does the theme link to American society in the 1980s? How does he use the main characters to express his view?

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