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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor say is wrong with Katrina at the end of the book?
(a) High fever.
(b) Paralytic hysteria.
(c) She is pregnant again.
(d) Malaria outbreak.

2. Which way do Sean and Duff decide to travel?
(a) East, toward the desert.
(b) West, toward the forest.
(c) West, toward the desert.
(d) East, toward the forest.

3. What prompts Katrina to let Sean into her bed?
(a) She realizes their lives could end at any moment.
(b) She feels sorry for him because he was attacked.
(c) She believes it is the right thing to do.
(d) She decides they will never find a priest.

4. How does Candy react to the news that Duff has left?
(a) She's very upset and cries uncontrollably.
(b) She tells Sean she's leaving town.
(c) She's quiet and reserved.
(d) She threatens to kill herself.

5. What does Katrina do that impresses Sean?
(a) All of these options.
(b) Cook.
(c) Handle a rifle.
(d) Cut hair.

6. When does Duff have his first convulsion?
(a) After sunset.
(b) By noon.
(c) Before sunset.
(d) Before dawn the next morning.

7. What happens to Sean the day he stays with Katrina to pick mushrooms?
(a) He is attacked while trying to save the dogs from a lion.
(b) He is attacked while trying to save the dogs from a leopard.
(c) He eats a poisonous mushroom.
(d) He is surrounded by stampeding herd of water buffalo.

8. Where does Sean's family arrive at after leaving the Limpopo river?
(a) Ladyburg.
(b) Pretoria.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Louis Trichardt.

9. What is attached to Duff the night of his bachelor party?
(a) A ball and chain.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) A woman's garter.
(d) A chain and weight around his waist.

10. What happens when rumors start to buzz around the exchange about Sean and Duff?
(a) Share prices drop.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) People believe they are going out of business.
(d) Share prices skyrocket.

11. How does Sean finally end Duff's suffering?
(a) He sets the hut on fire once Duff has passed out.
(b) He shoots him after convulsions snap Duff's back.
(c) He hits him over the head before things get really bad.
(d) He wraps the chain around Duff and throws him in the river.

12. Who suggests that Sean and Duff's convoy slow their pace some?
(a) Mbejane.
(b) Hlubi.
(c) Nonga.
(d) Kandhla.

13. What prevents Duff from attacking others in the camp?
(a) The chains hold him back.
(b) He starts feeling better.
(c) The other men run away out of fear.
(d) He is trapped in a room.

14. What does Sean plan to do to protest Katrina's request?
(a) Refuse to help her with anything.
(b) Not speak to her.
(c) Find another wife.
(d) Keep her locked in a wagon.

15. Who does Sean meet in Nova Sofala?
(a) Father Greer.
(b) Father Alphonso.
(c) Father Hlubi.
(d) Father Leroux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dowry does the new bride's family offer Sean?

2. What sound is Sean unfamiliar with in the mine?

3. Why does Sean invite Curtis and Francois out for drinks after Duff has been gone for a while?

4. What does Sean help the women at the Leroux camp do?

5. What happens to Sean while he's trying to get to Nova Sofala?

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