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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. While celebrating, what do Sean and Duff find out from Candy?
(a) She's heard they stole the stamp press.
(b) She wants her stakes back.
(c) Claim jumpers are coming.
(d) She's heard they are abusing workers.

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

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

4. What does Garrick believe happened between Sean and Anna?
(a) He believes Sean and Anna want to run away together.
(b) He believes she told Sean the truth about the baby being his.
(c) He believes Anna when she tells him Sean attacked her.
(d) He believes Sean and Anna had an affair.

5. What role does Garrick play in the war?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a wagon driver.
(c) He is a captain.
(d) He doesn't go. He stays behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Sean and Duff a last little bit of money when it runs out again?

2. Several emotions are felt as a result of Garrick's accident. Who is angry with Sean?

3. How does Duff cover the cost of the equipment he's purchased when the claims deal falls through?

4. What happens when Sean comes home and asks about Garrick's leg?

5. What does Hradsky call the men together to discuss?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How could Garrick have approached the conflict differently with his brother in Chapter 30?

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

4. Sean trusts Duff with the rest of his money in Chapter 6 after knowing him for a short period of time. Was that a wise move?

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

6. What feelings and emotions does Sean have as a result of Garrick's accident in Chapter 3?

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

8. What happened as a result of Sean leaving Theunis Kraal without talking to his brother in Chapter 30?

9. Why does the Digger's Committee take on more social responsibility in Chapter 13?

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

(see the answer keys)

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