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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Garrick play in the war?
(a) He doesn't go. He stays behind.
(b) He is a wagon driver.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a captain.

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

3. Who comes to bring Garrick home?
(a) Ada.
(b) Waite.
(c) Sean.
(d) Anne.

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

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

6. What happens when Sean trades chores with Garrick?
(a) Sean is injured in a branding accident.
(b) A servent is trampled by angry cattle.
(c) Garrick doesn't mix the dipping tanks correctly, and several cattle die as a result.
(d) Crops are destroyed when the cattle herd stampedes.

7. Why is Garrick offered the Victorian Cross?
(a) He fell against the door and held back the Zulus.
(b) He helped rescue prisoners.
(c) He transported men to safety.
(d) He took on a group of Zulu warriors himself.

8. What prompts Garrick to use his new leg?
(a) Each of these factors.
(b) Sean's ability to boost his brother's confidence.
(c) Sean's help and caring as Garrick learns to use the leg.
(d) The desire to increase his level of freedom and return to school.

9. What happens when Garrick tries to join Anna in their honeymoon suite?
(a) She asks him to sleep on the couch.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She is already asleep.
(d) She cries.

10. Who gives Sean and his new acquaintance a rock to examine?
(a) A prospector in the bar.
(b) A friend of Mbejane.
(c) Someone at their camp.
(d) The bartender.

11. What does Garrick anxiously await as he recovers?
(a) His brother's weekends at home.
(b) The gifts Sean brings him.
(c) His return to school.
(d) The chance to ride and run again.

12. Who comes after Sean with table legs ready to fight?
(a) Charley.
(b) A Portuguese man.
(c) Francois.
(d) A Zulu worker.

13. How does Anna secretly feel about Theunis Kraal?
(a) She wants to return to her father's home.
(b) She is overwhelmed by the new responsibilities,
(c) She despises the home and asks Garrick to leave it.
(d) She is thrilled to be its new owner in a very greedy way.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gives Sean and Duff a last little bit of money when it runs out again?

3. What happens when Sean comes home and asks about Garrick's leg?

4. How does Duff decide to earn the extra money they need?

5. How does Duff know Sean has no more reservations about their friendship?

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