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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margaret say she wants to die?

2. Why does Margaret like the name Kate?

3. What does Jamie do when Margaret refuses to give up her child?

4. What is the name of Kate's father?

5. What does Kate buy in Dark Harbor Maine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Van der Merwe give Banda a job at his store?

2. What problems do Banda and Jamie have with their raft?

3. Why does no one recognize Jamie when he returns to Klipdrift?

4. Why does Van der Merwe make an exception of Jamie when he starts taking his daughter out into town?

5. How does Jamie think they can get across the minefield?

6. How does Jamie's life take a turn for the worse in this section?

7. Why does Van der Merwe refuse to give Jamie what he expected?

8. Why does think Jamie a raft will help them in their mission to steal from Van der Merwe's diamond beach in Namib Desert?

9. How does the Boer War affect Margaret and Kate's lives?

10. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Kate's obsession with her family business affected one of the following areas in her life.

1. Family.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 2

What does Sidney Sheldon say about the self-made man? What does it say about Sheldon's own views about life? How does the theme link to American society in the 1980s? How does he use the main characters to express his view?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Kate's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Kate hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Kate's ideas about life?

3. How has Kate's character changed by the end of the book?

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