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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Sean meet in Nova Sofala?
(a) Father Leroux.
(b) Father Hlubi.
(c) Father Greer.
(d) Father Alphonso.
2. What does Sean's old neighbor tell him?
(a) Garrick and Anna are doing well.
(b) Garrick has lost the farm.
(c) Garrick gave the farm back to Ada.
(d) Garrick has lost half of his cattle.
3. What prevents Duff from attacking others in the camp?
(a) He starts feeling better.
(b) The chains hold him back.
(c) The other men run away out of fear.
(d) He is trapped in a room.
4. Which way do Sean and Duff decide to travel?
(a) East, toward the desert.
(b) West, toward the desert.
(c) West, toward the forest.
(d) East, toward the forest.
5. When Sean wakes up, he is extended an invitation to dinner at the Leroux camp by who?
(a) Mbejane.
(b) Oupa.
(c) Ouma.
(d) Katrina.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Sean's family arrive at after leaving the Limpopo river?
2. Who does Candy turn to for comfort after she finds out that Duff has left?
3. What does Sean throw himself into in order to forget about what happened with Duff?
4. How does Candy react to the news that Duff has left?
5. Why is Sean anxious to return to camp to help the women?
Short Essay Questions
1. What all does Sean have to do once he realizes Duff is gone in Chapter 25?
2. Why does Katrina ask Sean to put his name in her family bible?
3. Why does Candy respond the way she does when she finds out Duff has left in Chapter 25?
4. What does Sean do with his stillborn son?
5. Along with access to water, why do the men decide to travel away from the desert?
6. What does Mbejane mean when he compares Sean to a stallion who does not know how to kick down a fence?
7. Sean takes Duff's death really hard. What gets him to finally laugh again?
8. As Duff's friend, Sean has to make a promise that he knows he cannot keep to Duff. What is that promise, and what does he feel about what he has to do in the end?
9. Why doesn't Hlubi want to leave the mountain village with Sean? What reason does he give, and what is the real reason?
10. Why do Jan and Sean seem to be competing so fiercely over everything?
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