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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sean trade chores with Garrick?
(a) Garrick asked him to trade with him.
(b) He continues to feel guilty about causing his brother's accident.
(c) Garrick likes mixing dip tanks better than branding.
(d) Garrick's peg leg was broken, and he was unable to get around.

2. Where are Sean and Duff headed after they leave Dundee?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Theunis Kraal.
(c) Ladyburg.
(d) Witwatersrand.

3. How does Duff decide to earn the extra money they need?
(a) Sell extra equipment.
(b) Auction off equipment.
(c) Ask more people for loans.
(d) Hold a heavyweight fight.

4. What rank does Waite Courtney hold in the regiment?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Captain.
(c) General.
(d) Private.

5. Of the twins, Sean is:
(a) Quiet and reserved.
(b) Angry, easily upset, and unpredictable.
(c) The dominent, outgoing, and courageous brother.
(d) More of a follower, not a leader.

6. Why does Garrick ask Anna to marry him?
(a) He loves her.
(b) She asks him to.
(c) She is carrying Sean's child.
(d) He wants her father's land.

7. Several emotions are felt as a result of Garrick's accident. Who is angry with Sean?
(a) Karlie.
(b) Waite.
(c) Garrick.
(d) Ada.

8. Where does Garrick go after his altercation with Sean?
(a) He retreats to the barn.
(b) He tells Anna Sean is leaving.
(c) He goes to his mother's house with Anna.
(d) He stumbles out and wanders until he can go no further.

9. How does the orderly officer react when the Ladyburg Mounted Rifles show up at the battle site?
(a) He sends them up far off to the side behind the engineers so the General does not see them.
(b) He sends them away.
(c) He sends them to the backlines so they won't be in danger.
(d) He puts them up front in the line of battle.

10. What gift does their father give the twins for Christmas?
(a) Tools.
(b) Horses.
(c) Homes.
(d) Guns.

11. What is the name of Sean and Duff's new mine?
(a) Candy's Mine.
(b) Gold Strike Mine.
(c) Gold's Deep.
(d) Candy's Deep.

12. What does Garrick anxiously await as he recovers?
(a) His brother's weekends at home.
(b) The chance to ride and run again.
(c) His return to school.
(d) The gifts Sean brings him.

13. How do Sean and Duff start to spend their fortune?
(a) They erect a statue in their honor in town.
(b) They build a new town hall.
(c) They build a new hotel.
(d) They take 100 acres and build a magnificent home.

14. Who does Sean visit right away upon his return home?
(a) Mr. Pye.
(b) Garrick and Anna.
(c) Ada and Audrey.
(d) Local farmers in order to accommodate the cattle he brought back.

15. Who is Duff going to get a stamp mill from?
(a) Candy Charleywood.
(b) Francois du Toit.
(c) Norman Hradsky.
(d) Candella Rautenbach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sean do with the wagons that bring the equipment back from the boat?

2. When men get trapped in a mudslide at Little Sister, what do Sean and Duff decide?

3. New Years Day is a double celebration in Ladyburg for what reason?

4. Who saves Sean in return for saving his life?

5. How was Sean ambushed during the Chelmsford campaign?

(see the answer keys)

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