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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The Wilderness: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duff get with the last amount money he receives from a local business owner?
(a) Parts for the stamp mill.
(b) Extra wagons.
(c) Nice clothes for him and Sean.
(d) Prime beef chops for dinner.

2. What is Duff elected the chairman of?
(a) The Miner's Community.
(b) The Miner's Committee.
(c) The Digger's Committee.
(d) The Digger's Community.

3. Where does Sean go first after his fight with Garrick?
(a) He goes to find Mbejane's kraal.
(b) He goes to Anna's father's house.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) He goes to the fields to let out all the cattle to be vindictive.

4. After narrowly escaping an ambush, what does Sean return to find?
(a) The regiment has moved out.
(b) The regiment has been scattered.
(c) The entire regiment, including his father, has been attacked and killed.
(d) His friends and neighbors have returned to Ladyburg.

5. How does Waite respond when he's told the brothers are trying the leg?
(a) He is angry at Sean for upsetting Garrick.
(b) He is overjoyed.
(c) He is frantic, afraid that Garrick will have another episode.
(d) He is unsure, but optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sean attempt to stop the clerk Duff sends to the exchange?

2. What are Garrick's first words as he recovers?

3. What does Hradsky call the men together to discuss?

4. How does Candy react to the news that Duff has left?

5. Where does Duff take Sean to get his mind off things when he wants to quit?

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