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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. What does Jamie buy with the diamonds he finds?

2. What does Kate smuggle Banda into?

3. What is the name of Kate's house?

4. Who are the police looking for in this section?

5. What news does Margaret have for Jamie in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the prison camp affect Kate?

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

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

4. Why does Jamie despise Margaret?

5. How does Jamie get to Klipdrift?

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

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

8. Why does Banda dislike Van der Merwe?

9. What proposition does Van der Merwe make Jamie over dinner?

10. How does David find new work in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jamie's death affect the lives of the characters? How would the story if Jamie lived?

Essay Topic 3

What role does George play in the book? How would the book change if he was not part of it? How is he important in developing the characters of both Eve and Alexandra?

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