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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. Why does Margaret like the name Kate?

2. Where does Margaret take a job?

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

4. What country has Kate's father just arrived in?

5. What has Banda began protesting against?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamie's life take a turn for the worse in this section?

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

3. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

4. Describe Kate's character.

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

6. Why does Margaret send Kate to boarding school?

7. Describe Jamie's marriage to Margaret.

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

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

10. Why does Jamie despise Margaret?

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

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

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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