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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Link call Conrad when he arrives at the press conference?
(a) A dolt.
(b) A clod.
(c) A cameraman.
(d) A production assistant.

2. What intriguing feature does Danilo tell Link that Lake Wemmer Pan has?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A water luge.
(c) A water canon.
(d) A water organ.

3. What is the name of Nerissa's sister?
(a) Precious.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Portia.

4. How does Link describe Danilo's teeth?
(a) Snaggly.
(b) Blue-white.
(c) Buck-toothed.
(d) California-straight.

5. What type of sports car is Link filming in?
(a) An Astin-Martin.
(b) A Triumph.
(c) A Ferrari.
(d) A Special.

6. What does Link think is a stale topic for news in South Africa?
(a) Gold miners.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) Diamond mining.
(d) School lunches.

7. What is the brand name of binoculars that Link uses to watch the horses?
(a) Nikon.
(b) Zeiss.
(c) Canon.
(d) Alpen.

8. What is the name of Link's daughter?
(a) Libby.
(b) Anne.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Diane.

9. What is Charlie's real name?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Charisse.
(d) Carla.

10. What does Evan Pentelow call his latest film?
(a) An epic.
(b) A social masterpiece.
(c) A thriller.
(d) An allegory.

11. What is Quentin van Huren's wife's name?
(a) Annabelle.
(b) Carla.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Vivi.

12. What sort of handcuffs is Link using at the beginning of the book?
(a) American army.
(b) Russian military police.
(c) Cheap props.
(d) Regulation British police.

13. What part of the sports car has to be engaged before it will start?
(a) The brake.
(b) The lights.
(c) The door locks.
(d) The seatbelts.

14. What does Greville Arknold's jockey call Barty?
(a) An expert.
(b) A brute.
(c) A cad.
(d) A nobleman.

15. Who is playing the lead in the film Evan Pentelow is shooting in South Africa?
(a) Sam Spelling.
(b) Tartan Lonewolf.
(c) Drix Goddart.
(d) Tristan Belleweather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does Link prefer to do without?

2. What does the sound man, Joe, wear as a precaution against electric shock?

3. What does Conrad correct Link on and say is his real job in the film industry?

4. Where does Link say the phrase "girding up the loins" comes from?

5. What does Danilo fetch when he is flanked by two van Hurens?

(see the answer keys)

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