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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 does the person watching Rod leave the Steyner house do for a second time?
(a) Write furiously.
(b) Pray.
(c) Wash hands.
(d) Laugh.

2. Who appears attractive to Rod as he leaves the house?
(a) Janice.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Teresa.

3. Who does Rod convince to go with him when he meets Teresa in Chapter 33?
(a) Joy.
(b) Dan.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jan.

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

5. What is hidden in a storage bin working its way through holes in Chapter 16?
(a) Coal.
(b) Plutonium.
(c) Steel.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the General Manager of The Sonder Ditch Mine found underground?

2. Who is called in to pull out the General Manager?

3. What propels Manfred to lose at a specific game, despite knowing the odds are suicidal from a financial standpoint?

4. In what city does one of the richest and most influential men in Africa live?

5. Where does King go after the mining ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens to Rod and Terry after he gets promoted.

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

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

4. Describe how Joseph has hidden gold from his employer.

5. How does Rod's arms break?

6. How does Johnny start drilling quicker than others?

7. Describe Rod's meeting with Herbert about the leak.

8. Why does Rod take the Mary Anne?

9. Why does Manfred lose at gambling?

10. What excites Manfred about the report he receives about drilling?

(see the answer keys)

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