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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the windows that gives Link some relief when he is trapped in the hot car?
(a) Coolness.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Condensation.
(d) Oil.

2. Who does Link think Danilo has outdone in his savagery?
(a) The plague.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Stalin.
(d) The terminator.

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

4. What does Link speculate that his rescuers might send to save him?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A Hummer.
(c) The army.
(d) A canine unit.

5. What color are the walls painted in the mine?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Gray.
(c) Light blue.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Link think will be a sort of peace for him when he is trapped in the car?

2. What kind of sofa does Roderick Hodge have?

3. What does Sally say her father says Link possesses?

4. What is the precious thing Link finds in his pocket while trapped in the car?

5. What type of car takes the party to Rojedda Reef?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Conrad and Evan Pentelow discovered that Link was actually missing and what had they initially thought about his absence?

2. Why does Roderick Hodge try to bounce Melanie back into seduction mode after her political spiel and what do Melanie's instincts tell her to do?

3. What does Link think about the vultures around the car he is pretending to be trapped in and how does Danilo react to them?

4. Who does Link think will eventually come to help him when he is trapped in the car and why?

5. What is the first objective observation Link makes when he finds himself trapped in the car?

6. What is the difference, according to Pieter Losenwoldt, between the way gold is extracted in South Africa and how it is extracted in California and Alaska.

7. Where do Conrad and Evan Pentelow take Link after his ordeal in the car and why?

8. What does Link say to Roderick Hodge about his brush with death in the gold mine and how does he respond?

9. Why can't Link escape from the handcuffs?

10. Describe the light packs the party uses to go into the mine.

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