View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much does a gold brick weigh, according to Quentin van Huren?
(a) Three kilos.
(b) Fifty pounds.
(c) Seventy-two pounds.
(d) A ton.

3. Who operates the Mitchell camera?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Striker.

4. Link lives in a village near _____.
(a) The Coast.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Normandy.
(d) The Thames.

5. What is the name of the film Link is shooting at the beginning of the book?
(a) "Man in Car."
(b) "Dogstar."
(c) "Daylight in the Congo."
(d) "Sahara Sun."

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

7. What is the name of Nerissa's horse that Link sees getting ready for the fourth race?
(a) Sharkey.
(b) Chink.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Shooter.

8. What kind of car does Link drive when he leaves the movie set at the beginning of the book?
(a) A Mini-Moke.
(b) A Cooper.
(c) A Lamborghini.
(d) An Austin Healey.

9. What is the overriding component of Link's impression of Africa?
(a) The dust.
(b) The smell.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The sun.

10. What kind of car does Link drive?
(a) A Mini-Moke.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Special.
(d) A Mercedes.

11. What does Charlie say that Chris wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) An actor.
(d) A dog catcher.

12. Where does Roderick Hodge work?
(a) The Johannesburg bee.
(b) The Rand Daily Star.
(c) The Cape Town Rag.
(d) The Tazmanian Daily News.

13. Where does Link read the leading-sires tables on Nerissa's horses?
(a) The Dog and Pony.
(b) The Equine News.
(c) The Weekly Canter.
(d) The Horse and Hound.

14. What type of flower does Danilo say it will be too bad that Link will miss the blooming of?
(a) Jacarandas.
(b) Desert daisies.
(c) Acacias.
(d) Morning glories.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Evan Pentelow call his latest film?

3. As a result of their recent performances, Link thinks that Nerissa's horses, as a bequest, are no more than a _____.

4. Where does Danilo go to college?

5. Who is playing the lead in the film Evan Pentelow is shooting in South Africa?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 374 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample