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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. In what city does one of the richest and most influential men in Africa live?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Alexandria.

2. Who does Rod tell the man in his office will be in touch with him?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Police.
(c) Miner.
(d) Boss.

3. What does Rod read in Chapter 12?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Tempest.
(c) Beowulf.
(d) Playboy.

4. Who does Rod feel the need to please and conducts time-delayed blasts in the mine?
(a) His father.
(b) His wife.
(c) His shareholders.
(d) His boss.

5. Who does Rod give some time off the stopes after the accident?
(a) King.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Allen.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the top rock breaker in the Sonder Ditch?

2. What is ninety-five-hundred feet beneath the earth?

3. What instrument/equipment does Manfred speak into?

4. After the blasting is done, how many bodies are recovered from the mine?

5. Who is waiting to see King after the awards ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rod and Joseph's interaction in Chapter 21.

2. Why does Davy make a mistake at the mine on duty?

3. Why does Big King feel defeated about the murder and theft?

4. Describe Joseph M'Kati.

5. Why is Manfred disgusted by the man sitting next to him on the plane?

6. Why does Terry go to the safe and what happens to her?

7. How does Rod attempt to repair the mine?

8. What happens when the machine boy stumbles and water spurts out in the mine?

9. What happens when the drill cuts into a fissure?

10. What is the plan concocted to destroy the mines?

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