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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Katrina have the baby?
(a) Shortly after the priest leaves.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Within a few hours of Sean's return home.
(d) After midnight.

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

3. How does Sean almost get trampled by an elephant?
(a) By getting the attention of the wounded elephant.
(b) Trying to save Jan from the elephant.
(c) All of these factors.
(d) By trying to shoot the elephant.

4. How does fatherhood effect Sean?
(a) He is unbelievably proud and loves his son.
(b) He feels a strong sense of responsibility, but doesn't feel a strong sense of attachment.
(c) He loves his son, but lets Katrina care for him.
(d) He does not seem to be effected.

5. What does Sean tell Candy when she comes to see him at the hotel after Katrina goes to church?
(a) He tells her she cannot be there.
(b) He asks her to stay in the hall.
(c) He tells her to come back in an hour.
(d) He quickly invites her in.

6. When does Katrina tell Sean he can touch her?
(a) After he proves his love.
(b) After he takes a bath.
(c) After he gets her father's permission to marry.
(d) After they find a priest and marry.

7. After the rainy season, where do Sean and his family decide to go?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Into the mountain village.
(c) The valley on the other side of the Sabi.
(d) Pretoria.

8. What prompts Katrina to let Sean into her bed?
(a) She realizes their lives could end at any moment.
(b) She feels sorry for him because he was attacked.
(c) She believes it is the right thing to do.
(d) She decides they will never find a priest.

9. What happens to Katrina and Sean's second baby?
(a) Katrina continues to carry their baby full-term.
(b) The baby is born prematurely, but survives.
(c) The baby is stillborn.
(d) The baby is born prematurely, but does not survive.

10. Who does Sean sell his wagon loads of ivory to?
(a) Mr. Courtney.
(b) Mr. Goldberg.
(c) Mr. Pye.
(d) Mr. Hradsky.

11. Which way do Sean and Duff decide to travel?
(a) East, toward the desert.
(b) West, toward the desert.
(c) East, toward the forest.
(d) West, toward the forest.

12. Why does Max approach Sean and Duff about Hradsky?
(a) None of the above.
(b) He wants them to help protect Hradsky from being taken over.
(c) He says his boss is in a weak position and could be bought out.
(d) He wants to work for them.

13. Who shows up at Sean's camp near the river?
(a) Garrick Courtney.
(b) Oupa Leroux.
(c) Norman Hradsky.
(d) Jan Paulus Leroux.

14. Who does Sean want to marry?
(a) Jan.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Ouma.
(d) Oupa.

15. Who nurses Sean back to health?
(a) Mbejane and Ouma.
(b) Jan Paulus and Katrina.
(c) Ouma and Oupa.
(d) Katrina and Mbejane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sean and Duff's first home they build together?

2. Where does Sean's family arrive at after leaving the Limpopo river?

3. What is happening at the camp when Sean returns from Nova Sofala?

4. Who wants to know whether or not Sean is going to go hunting?

5. What prevents Duff from attacking others in the camp?

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