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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 the name Tungata Zebiwe mean?

2. When Cecil's new assistant hands Jordan a file full of stock transfers and bank statements, what company is the money being transferred to?

3. How many of the Umlimo's followers are sitting outside her hospital room?

4. After Cecil and his new assistant depart for Kimberley, how long does it take Jordan to complete the inventories and wind up the household accounts?

5. Who eventually stops trying to convince Robyn to leave the mission, but simply picks her up, puts her on his horse, and rides away?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Ralph makes his way back to Cathy, why is locomotive driver terrified?

2. After Cecil fires Jordan, how long does Cecil give Jordan to pack his things and leave Cecil's mansion?

3. When Gideon suggests that Samson come back to the mission to teach, Samson declines dejectedly and tells Gideon that he has only learned two things he could teach the children. What are those two things?

4. Describe one of Bawu's Claymores.

5. Why does Tungata ask for Janine's flight information for her return trip from Victoria Falls?

6. When Vicky and Douglas offer to have Janine come and live at Queen's Lynn, why does Janine decline their offer?

7. Why are the terrorists able to attack farmhouses without fearing that the security forces will arrive to arrest them?

8. As his navigator is trying to create a safe path through the minefield, why does Roland insist on telling the navigator the gruesome details about the attack on Janine?

9. When the two men insist that Samson must join them, why does Samson agree even though he abhors violence and war?

10. When Tungata Zebiwe's bus is boarded at a roadblock, why does Tungata fear that his forged employment papers might not be enough to get him through the roadblock?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prophesies play a large role in the story as they are a motivating force behind the actions of a number of characters. Identify at least three prophesies that are discussed in the story, the circumstances surrounding each prophesy, and how the fulfillment of these prophesies affect the story's characters and plot.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the second half of the novel, Janine is involved with two very different men. Compare and contrast the relationship Janine has with Craig and the relationship Janine has with Roland. Then, compare and contrast these two men. How do these relationships influence not only Janine, but also the other people that are in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ralph Ballantyne and Craig Mellow - the survivors of each section of the novel.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. If these two characters were not separated by almost one hundred years, how would you expect them to interact with each other? Would they get along? Be friends? Be enemies? Be supportive?

d. Each of these men loses the woman they love, were the men similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.

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