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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sally want to drink instead when Link offers to order coffee for her?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) A cherry limeade.
(c) Cranberry juice.
(d) Soda water.

2. What container is used to melt gold into white heat to remove impurities?
(a) A barrel.
(b) A crucible.
(c) A cauldron.
(d) An urn.

3. What is Piano Nyembezi's job in the mine?
(a) Checker.
(b) Manager.
(c) Blast expert.
(d) Driver.

4. What causes miners to not be able to return to work for four hours after a blast?
(a) Gas emissions.
(b) Dust.
(c) Unblown charges.
(d) Falling pyrite.

5. What does Link call Danilo as he thinks about him in the car in Kruger Park?
(a) A gambler.
(b) A jockey.
(c) A financial wizard.
(d) A statesman.

6. Link calls gold, greed, and gilded boys a _____.
(a) Consummate success story.
(b) Sparkling mess.
(c) Thoroughly bad mixture.
(d) Sublime batch of intrigue.

7. Where do Evan Pentelow, Conrad, and Link see a large family of elephants?
(a) In the Mnondozi River.
(b) At the front gate.
(c) Near their bungalow.
(d) In the Wemmer Pan.

8. What condition does Link know won't be what finished him off when he is trapped in the car?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Asphyxiation.
(c) Heat stroke.
(d) Dehydration.

9. How many lions inhabit Kruger Park?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Twelve hundred.

10. What is a "fatless version of pastry" the miners eat in their cafeteria?
(a) Mealie bread.
(b) Matzo crackers.
(c) Naan.
(d) Pita bread.

11. What is the first animal Evan Pentelow sees when they get inside the gates at Kruger Park?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Zebras.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Elephants.

12. What is the name of the mining town near Rojedda Reef?
(a) Simion Falls.
(b) Welkom.
(c) Vaal.
(d) Mintner.

13. What type of car takes the party to Rojedda Reef?
(a) A Range Rover.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Yukon.
(d) A Dakota.

14. The music Roderick Hodge plays when Link arrives is less _____ than the music in London.
(a) Beat-oriented.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Undeground.
(d) Alternative.

15. What hotel is supposed to host the reception for Rocks?
(a) Rottendan Suites.
(b) Vaal Majestic.
(c) The Klipspringer Heights.
(d) Iguana Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Evan Pentelow and Conrad give Link to drink?

2. What does Link speculate that his rescuers might send to save him?

3. What is Katya wearing when she arrives at Roderick Hodge's apartment?

4. What gold field is Rojedda Reef in?

5. What does Link think when he sees Evan Pentelow and Conrad?

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