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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 when Sean and Duff come across their first bull elephants?
(a) Both men shoot an elephant.
(b) Sean and Duff argue about whether or not to shoot the elephants.
(c) Duff fires, but Sean does not.
(d) Sean fires, but Duff does not.

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

3. How does Sean get trapped in the mine?
(a) He runs back to warn the men at the face then trips.
(b) He is knocked unconcious by falling rocks.
(c) He is trapped by the stamp mill.
(d) He follows Francois down the wrong tunnel.

4. Where does Sean find Katrina when he gets out of the shower?
(a) In a chair, refusing to speak.
(b) In the bathroom doorway.
(c) Lying in bed motionless.
(d) In the drawing room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sean get under to save himself while trapped in the mine?

2. What does the doctor say is wrong with Katrina at the end of the book?

3. What does Sean's old neighbor tell him?

4. What happens to Sean while he's trying to get to Nova Sofala?

5. When does Duff have his first convulsion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sean goes running after the Leroux camp when he finds they've left in the morning. Why? What does he have to do to get what he wants?

2. Sean takes Duff's death really hard. What gets him to finally laugh again?

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

4. 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?

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

7. What does Sean do with his stillborn son?

8. Why do Jan and Sean seem to be competing so fiercely over everything?

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

10. Why won't the priest marry Sean and Katrina? What does Sean do?

(see the answer keys)

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