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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what new venture do Dufford and Sean have a fifty-fifty partnership?
(a) Farming.
(b) Mining for diamonds.
(c) Cattle herding.
(d) Mining for gold.

2. What sends Garrick back into a delirious fog?
(a) The fear of falling off his peg leg.
(b) Pain as he puts on his new leg.
(c) Infection in his new leg.
(d) The fear of falling out of bed.

3. What gives Garrick the courage to come out of his shell during his and Anna's honeymoon trip?
(a) Other people complementing him on his new bride.
(b) The respect and recognition he receives for his actions at Rorke's Drift.
(c) Anna's love and acceptance.
(d) Being in a new place around new people.

4. After assembling the stamp press, where do Duff and Sean celebrate?
(a) At their camp.
(b) At the town hotel.
(c) In Johannesburg.
(d) At a neighboring stake.

5. How does Sean escape the Zulu column pursuing him?
(a) He circles behind and attacks the Zulu warriors on his own.
(b) Mbejane helps him escape.
(c) By hiding for a day in the canyons.
(d) The Zulus are really traitors who are on his side.

6. How does Sean react to Anna's advances?
(a) He is furious with her and threatens to kill her if she strays from her marriage vows.
(b) He asks her to run away with him.
(c) He becomes upset and leaves home.
(d) He is excited to find out the baby is his and wants to marry her.

7. Who do Sean and Duff meet along the way that owes Duff a debt?
(a) Alexander Smith.
(b) Francois du Toit.
(c) Candy Rautenbach.
(d) Norman Hradsky.

8. Where does Garrick go after his altercation with Sean?
(a) He tells Anna Sean is leaving.
(b) He goes to his mother's house with Anna.
(c) He retreats to the barn.
(d) He stumbles out and wanders until he can go no further.

9. New Years Day is a double celebration in Ladyburg for what reason?
(a) They are celebrating a marriage.
(b) They are dedicating a new town center.
(c) They are also celebrating new town members.
(d) They are celebrating the men going off to war.

10. How does the orderly officer react when the Ladyburg Mounted Rifles show up at the battle site?
(a) He sends them away.
(b) He puts them up front in the line of battle.
(c) He sends them to the backlines so they won't be in danger.
(d) He sends them up far off to the side behind the engineers so the General does not see them.

11. What happens when Garrick goes down the hall with the gun to find Sean?
(a) He accuses him of attacking Anna.
(b) He drops the gun and tells him they are done forever.
(c) He shoots at him, and Sean runs away.
(d) He accidently fires the gun at Sean.

12. Who do Sean, Duff, and Hradsky take over when he leaves himself vulnerable?
(a) Max Allman.
(b) Joseph Pye.
(c) Francois du Toit.
(d) Karl Lochtkamper.

13. Where is the last place Sean visits before leaving Ladyburg?
(a) He goes to the local tavern.
(b) He goes back to Theunis Kraal one more time.
(c) He goes to visit Mr. Pye at the bank.
(d) He goes to Audrey's house.

14. When does Anna tell Sean the truth about her pregnancy?
(a) When he comes in from tending cattle for the day.
(b) While Garrick is working.
(c) When he unexpectedly returns to the house from Ada's without Garrick.
(d) After she has been drinking.

15. Who does Sean meet during a bar fight?
(a) Garrick Courtney.
(b) Dufford Charleywood.
(c) Alexander Smith.
(d) John Phillip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Duff's title?

2. Who gives Sean and his new acquaintance a rock to examine?

3. Who does Duff ask to marry him?

4. What does Garrick try for the first time during his honeymoon with Anna?

5. What is the result of 10 tons of rock passing through the stamp mill?

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