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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. Where does Ralph find his son?

2. As Robyn and Elizabeth leave the mission behind, who does Elizabeth secretly wish had come to rescue her?

3. Who delivers the final death blow to Mungo St. John?

4. When Zouga returns, who is the first person to tell Zouga that Louise is safe in Bulawayo?

5. Who is Roland's liaison with Combined Ops?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tungata ask for Janine's flight information for her return trip from Victoria Falls?

2. As his navigator is trying to create a safe path through the minefield, why does Roland insist on telling the navigator the gruesome details about the attack on Janine?

3. As Jordan and Zouga take their leave of each other, Jordan has one final question for Zouga before Zouga heads back to Bulawayo. What does Jordan ask his father?

4. According to rumors that Vicky and Douglas told Craig, what had happened to Roland's body?

5. When Vicky and Douglas offer to have Janine come and live at Queen's Lynn, why does Janine decline their offer?

6. When Roland's navigator inquires after the health of Janine, what does Roland realize for the very first time?

7. When Gideon is asked to join the two men that appear at his house, Gideon declines because he is old and blind. How does the elder of the two men respond when Gideon declines?

8. When Tungata asks if the Umlimo can travel, he learns that the Umlimo is eager to travel. Why?

9. When Tungata and his soldiers reach the lands of the white farmers, what do the soldiers do?

10. When the British intelligence chief coordinator expresses bewilderment at how the terrorists can move freely, how does Leila explain it to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Craig Mellow and Samson Kumalo.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that justice plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by the concept of justice - both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ralph Ballantyne and Craig Mellow - the survivors of each section of the novel.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. If these two characters were not separated by almost one hundred years, how would you expect them to interact with each other? Would they get along? Be friends? Be enemies? Be supportive?

d. Each of these men loses the woman they love, were the men similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the second half of the novel, Janine is involved with two very different men. Compare and contrast the relationship Janine has with Craig and the relationship Janine has with Roland. Then, compare and contrast these two men. How do these relationships influence not only Janine, but also the other people that are in her life?

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