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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 raging in Link's throat as he tries to drink?

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

3. What kind of car does Haagner drive in the bush?

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

5. What is the first animal Evan Pentelow sees when they get inside the gates at Kruger Park?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Melanie try to seduce Link?

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why do Roderick Hodge and Katya set Link up? How do they do it? Why would they betray his trust like this? How does Roderick Hodge try to make amends? What does Link think of him?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Link's onscreen hero status with his heroism in saving Katya. How does he become the larger-than-life man off screen that he is onscreen? What does he have to do to save her life? What does Conrad say about what he does to save her life? How does this define him as a hero?

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