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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position has Waite finally accepted?
(a) Chairman of the Cattle Growers Association.
(b) Governor.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Chairman of the Farmers Association.

2. How long is the convoy Duff returns with?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) 1 mile.

3. Who does Duff ask to marry him?
(a) Anna.
(b) Audrey.
(c) Candy.
(d) Beth.

4. How does Sean convince Anna to consummate their relationship?
(a) He tells her he may never return from the war.
(b) He wants to remember her while he is gone.
(c) He tells her he wants to marry her.
(d) He tells her how important it is to consummate the relationship before he leaves.

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

6. What rank does Waite Courtney hold in the regiment?
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Private.

7. How was Sean ambushed during the Chelmsford campaign?
(a) He was lured by a small party of Zulu warriors.
(b) He was searching for water.
(c) He was tricked by Mbejane.
(d) He was scouting ahead looking for cattle.

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

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

10. What causes the boys to get kicked out of school?
(a) Mr. Clark hits Garrick, sending Sean into a rage.
(b) An outburst from Garrick after someone makes fun of his peg leg.
(c) Sean's noises and imitations.
(d) Sean's endless torment of his classmates.

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

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

13. What happens when Sean comes home and asks about Garrick's leg?
(a) The mood grows tense and terse.
(b) His father tells him about the episode Garrick had.
(c) Garrick happily shows him his new peg leg.
(d) Garrick's fear of the leg sends him back into a delirium.

14. 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 accidently fires the gun at Sean.
(d) He shoots at him, and Sean runs away.

15. Who is Duff going to get a stamp mill from?
(a) Candy Charleywood.
(b) Norman Hradsky.
(c) Francois du Toit.
(d) Candella Rautenbach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does their father give the twins for Christmas?

2. Who is waiting to greet Anna and Garrick when they return to Theunis Kraal?

3. Who does Sean leave his share of Theunis Kraal to?

4. Who does Duff bet that he can get the equipment up and running first?

5. How does Garrick's accident occur?

(see the answer keys)

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