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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 job does Henry Pickering give Craig with World Bank?

2. What promise does Craig make to the Matabele Warriors?

3. Why is Sally-Anne in Zimbabwe?

4. What does Craig fly back to New York to do?

5. Who is Joseph?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Craig's meeting with Tungata go regarding buying his family's property back?

2. What is Comrade Minister of State's plan regarding the 300 elephants he has found?

3. Explain Samson Kumalo's response to Craig's plan to restore his family ranch.

4. Explain why Craig is not shocked by the counter offer from the owners of Rholands Ranching Company.

5. What does Craig spend his first 2 million dollars of restoration money on?

6. How do Craig and Sally-Anne learn that Peter has lied to them?

7. What is the outcome of Craig's negotiations with the spokesman at King's Lynn?

8. What does Captain Nbebi share with Sally-Anne and Craig about Peter?

9. What does Craig do after seeing the devastation at King's Lynn?

10. Explain the situation between Craig and the warriors he encounters on King's Lynn.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write two paragraphs on each of the following:

1) Captain Nbebi's actions.

2) The consequences for Captain Nbebi's actions.

In another paragraph, answer this question: If Captain Nbebi knew the consequences of his actions would he have made the same choices? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Craig tries different ways to get the funding to repurchase Rholands Ranching Company: Explain the outcome of each one of these attempts.

1) Craig makes an offer through Jock Daniels.

2) Craig asks Minister Tungata for help.

3) Craig asks Henry Pickering for help.

Essay Topic 3

The book opens with Craig Mellow returning to Africa. He sees the state of his family's ranch and longs to take it from destruction and restore it to its former glory. The themes of restoration and destruction run throughout the book. Choose one example of restoration and one example of destruction from the book and discuss how each one took place.

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