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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 controversial subject does Roderick Hodge broach with Link at his apartment?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Religion.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) Women in the workplace.

2. What frightens Link about Roderick Hodge's apartment?
(a) The closets.
(b) The door.
(c) The windows.
(d) The balcony.

3. What condition is brought on by nightfall as Link is trapped in the car?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Cramps.
(d) Asthma.

4. What sort of flowers greet Evan Pentelow, Conrad, and Link at the gate of Kruger Park?
(a) Ayanas.
(b) Jacarandas.
(c) Bougainvillea.
(d) Abebas.

5. How does Evan Pentelow say Link sounds when he talks after his ordeal in the car?
(a) An opera singer.
(b) A howling dog.
(c) A crow with laryngitis.
(d) A homesick bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Bantu word for 'fear'?

2. What material is used to blast the rock in Rojedda Reef?

3. Link thinks of the party tramping down into the mine as being like _____.

4. What is the layer of gold-bearing rock called?

5. With what does Link decide to bring Danilo down when he is trapped in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Link's fear manifest when he is hit over the head in the gold mine?

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

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

4. What does Link see in the rear view mirror when he is trapped in the car and what does this mean?

5. How has Nerissa's good will actually caused Danilo to try to murder Link?

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

7. How do Conrad and Evan Pentelow feel about Link's plan to trap Danilo?

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

9. How does Link take stock of the two attempts on his life since he arrived in South Africa?

10. 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?

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