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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 do Evan Pentelow and Conrad set up for Link to let them know when Danilo is approaching the car he is supposed to be trapped in?

2. What is on the windows that gives Link some relief when he is trapped in the hot car?

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

4. What condition is brought on by nightfall as Link is trapped in the car?

5. How does Link describe his character's weeping in Man in Car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Haagner say to warn the group about lions?

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

7. How does Melanie try to seduce Link?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does life imitate art when Link is trapped in the car? What physical aspects of his predicament does Link learn are very different from the film? What things did the filmmakers get right, according to link's observations?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is Link's relationship with his wife, Charlie, like? What event served as a turning point to strengthen their relationship? How does it strengthen their relationship?

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