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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 color is the top third of the windshield tinted in most hot-country cars?

2. How does Sally act around Danilo?

3. Where was Clifford Wenkins's body found?

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

5. Link describes the outside air when he is trapped in the car as being as dry as _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Evan Pentelow's beliefs concerning the value of gold?

3. How does Melanie try to seduce Link?

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

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

6. What does Nerissa leave to Charlie in her will and how does Charlie react to this?

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

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

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

10. What is the night like when Link returns to the rondavel after talking to Charlie and what does he think about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the mining process at Rojedda Reef. What is reef? How is blasting used? What are some of the processes involved in separating out the gold? What are some of the by-products of gold production? How much rock has to be processed at Rojedda Reef to produce an ounce of gold?

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

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?

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