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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Duff cover the cost of the equipment he's purchased when the claims deal falls through?
(a) He releases some of the servants to free up cash.
(b) He borrows money from Hradsky.
(c) He steals the money he needs from neighboring claims.
(d) He gets a note of credit from the bank.

2. Where are Sean and Duff headed after they leave Dundee?
(a) Witwatersrand.
(b) Theunis Kraal.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Ladyburg.

3. What was Duff's title?
(a) First Baron of Roxby.
(b) Seventh Baron of Roxby.
(c) Fifteenth Baron of Roxby.
(d) Sixteenth Baron of Roxby.

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

5. What is Garrick told upon regaining consciousness?
(a) His home town was attacked.
(b) His father and brother are dead.
(c) The men in his regiment are gone.
(d) He's lost an arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. After narrowly escaping an ambush, what does Sean return to find?

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

3. How does Anna secretly feel about Theunis Kraal?

4. What ideas does Sean have to save and make money?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Anna has ulterior motives in visiting Garrick, but did he have ulterior motives when he asked her to marry him in Chapter 21?

2. How does Anna's reaction to each brother effect Garrick in Chapter 9?

3. Is the way the orderly officer reacts to the regiment in Chapter 18 appropriate? Why or why not?

4. How does the relationship between Anna and Sean change between Chapters 10 - 12?

5. Why does Ada really leave Theunis Kraal in Chapter 25?

6. What are the potential implications of Sean's ideas on saving and making money during difficult times in Chapter 15?

7. Explain how both Garrick and Anna feel about Sean's return in Chapter 25.

8. What are the moral implications of Garrick continuing to manipulate Sean into doing his chores in Chapter 13?

9. Does Anna fully understood the magnitude of the lie she told Garrick?

10. How does the way that Anna and Garrick marry in Chapter 22 symbolize their relationship?

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