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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Candy react to the news that Duff has left?
(a) She threatens to kill herself.
(b) She's quiet and reserved.
(c) She tells Sean she's leaving town.
(d) She's very upset and cries uncontrollably.

2. What illness affects Katrina?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Fever and flu.

3. What does the doctor prescribe for Katrina?
(a) Tree roots.
(b) Bed rest.
(c) Herbal teas.
(d) Love.

4. What is attached to Duff the night of his bachelor party?
(a) A woman's garter.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) A chain and weight around his waist.
(d) A ball and chain.

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

6. How does Sean finally end Duff's suffering?
(a) He hits him over the head before things get really bad.
(b) He wraps the chain around Duff and throws him in the river.
(c) He sets the hut on fire once Duff has passed out.
(d) He shoots him after convulsions snap Duff's back.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What does the doctor say is wrong with Katrina at the end of the book?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) High fever.
(c) Paralytic hysteria.
(d) Malaria outbreak.

13. What does Sean's old neighbor tell him?
(a) Garrick and Anna are doing well.
(b) Garrick gave the farm back to Ada.
(c) Garrick has lost the farm.
(d) Garrick has lost half of his cattle.

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

15. What attacks Duff?
(a) A starving lion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A rabid warthog.
(d) A rabid jackal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sean and Duff argue about back at camp?

2. What do Katrina and Sean name the baby?

3. What does Sean plan to do to protest Katrina's request?

4. What happens to Sean the day he stays with Katrina to pick mushrooms?

5. What does Sean tell Candy when she comes to see him at the hotel after Katrina goes to church?

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