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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 Link want of Conrad's to trap Danilo?

2. What is the precious thing Link finds in his pocket while trapped in the car?

3. What does Link think will be a sort of peace for him when he is trapped in the car?

4. What gate at Kruger Park is it possible to talk one's way out of without papers?

5. Link calls gold, greed, and gilded boys a _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why can't Link escape from the handcuffs?

4. What happens when Conrad and Evan Pentelow are loading up the station wagon for Kruger Park and how does Link help?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Link think Roderick Hodge is trying too hard to look youthful?

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

Why is Link suspicious of Greville Arknold at the end of Chapter 4? What conclusion has he come to about Nerissa's horses based on the evidence given to him at the time? What tests have been run? How do the horses look to Link?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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