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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the station being isolated?
(a) Dunswart station.
(b) Newlands station.
(c) There was no bombing.
(d) Fordsburg station.

2. Does Mark Anders accept the job?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) None of the above.
(d) He says he is not sure.

3. Who are Mark Anders and Fergus MacDonald?
(a) Two soldiers.
(b) One a sniper and the other a soldier.
(c) A crack sniper team.
(d) None of the above.

4. Who comes to a truce of sorts with Mark Anders?
(a) Storm.
(b) Peter.
(c) Dicky Lancome.
(d) Dirk Courtney.

5. Who grabs the last rail of the train leaving Ladyburg?
(a) A local.
(b) Hobday.
(c) A Zulu man.
(d) Mark Anders.

6. Where does Fergus MacDonald take Mark Anders to when the latter is visiting him?
(a) To the library.
(b) To the attic.
(c) To a cellar.
(d) To the wine store.

7. Who is Miss Lucy?
(a) A store owner.
(b) A farm owner.
(c) An estate owner.
(d) A bar owner.

8. What are the feelings inside of Mark Anders when he sends a telegram?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Sadness.
(c) He has no feelings at all.
(d) Happiness.

9. What is special about Andersland?
(a) It has beautiful scenery.
(b) None of the above.
(c) It has water surrounding it.
(d) It has fresh green pastures.

10. What does General Sean Courtney give Dicky Lancome?
(a) Money to Dicky Lancome.
(b) A letter for Storm.
(c) A letter for Mark Anders.
(d) A book to Dicky Lancome.

11. Who is sitting with Mark Anders in the car when they are driving to Fordsburg?
(a) Only the General.
(b) The General and the Prime Minister.
(c) The General and his son.
(d) Only the Prime Minister.

12. Who shoots Mark Anders?
(a) Dirk Courtney.
(b) Hobday.
(c) Ronald Pye.
(d) Dennis.

13. Who buys a Cadillac?
(a) A very old man.
(b) An elderly couple.
(c) A very young couple.
(d) A very old woman.

14. What does Mark Anders learn when he visits Andersland?
(a) That his grandfather's possessions are all gone.
(b) That his grandfather is dead.
(c) That his grandfather is going to die soon.
(d) That his grandfather is alive and well.

15. Who is a practicing communist?
(a) Hobday.
(b) Mark Anders.
(c) Fergus MacDonald.
(d) Helena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Fergus MacDonald's house at dawn after Fergus receives the telegram from Mark Anders?

2. Which man's animal wins?

3. Who comes down with the malaria?

4. Who makes their way to the headquarters in Marshall Square?

5. The novel opens with a war in which country?

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