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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. Who is Miss Lucy?

2. Who sells the Cadillac?

3. For whom does Marion Littlejohn ask for help?

4. Who is Dicky Lancome?

5. What is Chaka's gate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dirk Courtney and his compatriots kill John Anders?

2. How does Mark fall into the river?

3. What do Fergus and his troops do?

4. How does Mark betray his friend Fergus?

5. Who is the unwanted guest at the General's party, and what does Mark learn of him?

6. What does Mark see when he goes to Andersland?

7. Why does Mark go to the library?

8. Why is the Prime Minister honored?

9. How do Mark and Storm come to an agreement when it is time for him to leave?

10. Where does Mark get his first job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What in your opinion is the reason the author has show an estranged relationship between father and son as seen between General Sean Courtney and Dirk Courtney?

Essay Topic 2

Which character or characters play the role of an antagonist in the novel? How? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

How has the author shown the peaceful co-existence of the white man and the black man in the novel?

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