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

2. Where does Sean's family arrive at after leaving the Limpopo river?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Ladyburg.
(d) Louis Trichardt.

3. Who makes Duff and Sean an offer to consolidate their interests?
(a) Norman Hradsky.
(b) Max Allman.
(c) Francois du Toit.
(d) Joseph Pye.

4. What is happening at the camp when Sean returns from Nova Sofala?
(a) Mbejane has delivered Katrina's baby.
(b) Katrina is in labor.
(c) Mbejane has been injured in an elephant attack.
(d) Katrina has left.

5. What does Sean do after the agreements with Hradsky are signed?
(a) He leaves town with Mbejane and others.
(b) He goes after Max for tricking them.
(c) He becomes very upset with Duff.
(d) He locks himself in his house and refuses to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Sean and Duff come across their first bull elephants?

2. What does Sean help the women at the Leroux camp do?

3. What is the name of the new company formed?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sean return so quickly to Candy's Deep alone in Chapter 21?

2. Duff and Sean didn't believe Max when he first approached them in Chapter 28. What factors influence them and make them change their mind?

3. Describe Duff's reaction to the rabid jackal attack?

4. Katrina is wrong about what she thinks is going on between Sean and Candy. How could she find out what is really going on?

5. 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?

6. How does the Christmas celebration in Chapter 24 differ from the previous year?

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

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

9. Why does Katrina dislike Candy?

10. What happens to Katrina as a result of her illness? What was the emotional impact?

(see the answer keys)

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