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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 does Sally call Link when says that everyone who gambles loses in the end?

2. How does Link categorize the art in Roderick Hodge's apartment?

3. What controversial subject does Roderick Hodge broach with Link at his apartment?

4. What do Link's three rescuers demand for payment?

5. What is Link missing that he needs for the car horn to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Melanie try to seduce Link?

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

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

4. What does Link think about hunger as he sits in the car starving to death?

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

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

7. As Danilo is calculating how much the gold mine makes for the van Huren's, what does Quentin van Huren remind him about?

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

9. What does Conrad reveal about Evan Pentelow's involvement in finding Link?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author describe the rift between wealthy people and the working class in South Africa? How does he describe the lifestyle of the van Hurens? How does Melanie's description of apartheid outline the class structure between the races in South Africa? What points does Link agree with? What points does he find himself in opposition to?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Link goes to the van Huren's? How do they treat him? Why do they treat him that way?How does Link turn the tables on them?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of actor does Link think he is? What does Conrad tell him when he sees the rushes of Man in Car about his performance? How does Link react to this? Why does this make him vulnerable?

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