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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. What happens to Sean while he's trying to get to Nova Sofala?
(a) He is attacked by savages.
(b) He finds a short cut.
(c) He gets delayed at a village in the mountains.
(d) He gets lost.

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

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

4. Why is Sean anxious to return to camp to help the women?
(a) Because he wants to see Katrina.
(b) Because he can't stand being around Jan Paulus.
(c) Because he wants to see Ouma.
(d) Because he is concerned about Mbejane.

5. What does Sean throw himself into in order to forget about what happened with Duff?
(a) Moving camp.
(b) Repairing wagons.
(c) Hunting lions.
(d) Hunting elephants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens after Sean and Katrina share a bed?

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

4. How does Sean find out that Duff is gone?

5. Where do Sean, Duff, and the Zulus stop first on their journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What all does Sean have to do once he realizes Duff is gone in Chapter 25?

2. Should Sean or Duff seriously consider building a collaboration with Hradsky in Chapter 23?

3. Why does Katrina dislike Candy?

4. What does Mbejane mean when he compares Sean to a stallion who does not know how to kick down a fence?

5. Why does Candy respond the way she does when she finds out Duff has left in Chapter 25?

6. What makes Sean decide to slow down in Chapter 2?

7. Why does Sean need to bring a priest back to the camp so quickly?

8. Sean is anxious to help the women at the Leroux camp. Why? Why does he continue going out of his way to be helpful?

9. As Duff's friend, Sean has to make a promise that he knows he cannot keep to Duff. What is that promise, and what does he feel about what he has to do in the end?

10. When Francois runs back out of the mine, Sean goes to the face to warn the men. What would have happened if he would have followed Francois in Chapter 19?

(see the answer keys)

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