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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the film Link is shooting at the beginning of the book?

2. What is the name of the South African monetary unit that Danilo uses to bet on the race?

3. Where had the van Huren's four-year-old horse finished at the Dunlop Gold Cup a month earlier?

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

5. What does one of the papers that reports on Link's saving Katya call the situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Link tried to escape the sports car during the filming of "Man in Car"?

2. Why did Link and Charlie decide to move to the country?

3. What are the differences Link sees between English and South African race horses and stable lads?

4. What does Greville Arknold do when Link alludes to his possible culpability regarding Nerissa's horses?

5. How does Link show his innate humility in regards to the story in the papers that touts his heroism in saving Katya's life?

6. What clues does Link take home from Nerissa's house to help him with his case? Is this information easy to understand?

7. What does Link say to do when Charlie asks Nerissa what she told Danilo about her illness and her will before he came to South Africa?

8. What does Link conclude about the condition of Nerissa's horses in Chapter 4?

9. Why does Lucky believe that Link is angry at him?

10. What does Link reveal to the van Hurens about Nerissa's condition and how do they react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the "hope-despair" seesaw Link goes through when trapped. Who does he think will miss him and come looking for him? Who does he eliminate as possible rescuers? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What does Charlie see as the difference between the public and the private Links? How does she feel about the public man? How does Link make a joke about the "private Link"? How does this shed insight on their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the demeanor of Clifford Wenkins to that of Link's character. How is Clifford Wenkins a foil to Link's character? How are the two men physically different? How does each man differ in the way he presents himself?

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