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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Father require before he will marry Sean and Katrina?
(a) Someone to give away the bride.
(b) Written vows.
(c) A bible.
(d) A ring.

2. How much is Sean making on his share of the ivory?
(a) More than he can believe.
(b) The equivalent of a good day at the exchange.
(c) The equivalent of a few ounces of gold.
(d) A fraction of what he feels he deserves.

3. Who stays behind when Sean leaves the mountain village?
(a) Nogana.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Mbejane.
(d) Hlubi.

4. Who does Katrina take an immediate dislike to?
(a) Audry.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Candy.
(d) Anna.

5. Where does Sean find Katrina when he gets out of the shower?
(a) In the bathroom doorway.
(b) Lying in bed motionless.
(c) In the drawing room.
(d) In a chair, refusing to speak.

6. What does Sean get under to save himself while trapped in the mine?
(a) The cocopan.
(b) Fallen support beams.
(c) Mining carts.
(d) Equipment and machinery.

7. What dowry does the new bride's family offer Sean?
(a) Three wagons and four horses.
(b) Four wagons and four horses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Three wagons and three horses.

8. Where does Sean's family arrive at after leaving the Limpopo river?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Ladyburg.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Louis Trichardt.

9. What does Katrina do before she leaves Sean?
(a) She makes a final entry in the bible.
(b) She goes to see Candy.
(c) She leaves Sean a note.
(d) She leaves Dirk a note.

10. What sound is Sean unfamiliar with in the mine?
(a) The creaking of overhead beams.
(b) The grinding sound of a cave-in.
(c) The squeeking sound of a cave-in.
(d) The sound of rats down the tunnels.

11. Who does Candy turn to for comfort after she finds out that Duff has left?
(a) Hradsky.
(b) Mbejane.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Sean.

12. Why is Katrina upset at the end of the book?
(a) All of these factors.
(b) She knows that Candy has been to see Sean, but does not know why.
(c) She sees Candy leave the hotel.
(d) She assumes Candy and Sean have had a romantic meeting.

13. What happens to Sean the day he stays with Katrina to pick mushrooms?
(a) He is attacked while trying to save the dogs from a leopard.
(b) He is surrounded by stampeding herd of water buffalo.
(c) He eats a poisonous mushroom.
(d) He is attacked while trying to save the dogs from a lion.

14. What does Mbejane compare Sean to regarding Katrina?
(a) A stallion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A lion.
(d) A goat.

15. Why doesn't Sean shoot Duff when he realizes Duff is rabid?
(a) Sean tried, but couldn't bring himself to do it.
(b) Duff started to show signs that he might recover.
(c) He couldn't find a gun.
(d) He made a promise that he would not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Max approach Sean and Duff about Hradsky?

2. Who does Sean want to marry?

3. What does Sean do after the agreements with Hradsky are signed?

4. When do Sean and Duff realize they've been had?

5. How does Sean finally end Duff's suffering?

(see the answer keys)

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