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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. Whom does Mark Anders take for a drive?
(a) General Sean Courtney and his wife.
(b) General Sean Courtney and Storm.
(c) General Sean Courtney and his friend.
(d) General Sean Courtney and his mother.

2. Who asks for General Sean Courtney's and his regiment's help?
(a) Colonel Garrick Courtney.
(b) General Jan Smuts.
(c) Captain Michael Courtney.
(d) Mark Anders.

3. Who does Mark Anders see on the way to Cape Town?
(a) Marion.
(b) Irene.
(c) Storm.
(d) Helena.

4. Who finds himself being hunted by a group of men?
(a) Dennis Petersen.
(b) Mark Anders.
(c) Hobday.
(d) Piet Greyling.

5. Who is alone at home with Helena?
(a) Helena's cousin.
(b) Harry Fisher.
(c) The butler.
(d) Mark Anders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do women and children leave Fordsburg?

2. Who comes down with the malaria?

3. What activity does Dirk Courtney host?

4. Who is the unwanted guest at General Sean Courtney's party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Dirk and Dennis?

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

3. Where does Mark get his first job?

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

5. Describe the fighting scene between the Prime Minister, Mark Anders, and the General on one side with Fergus and his men on the other.

6. What is the great emptiness that Mark's grandfather tells him about?

7. Why is the General disappointed when he goes to his office?

8. What scares Peter when he meets Dirk?

9. What do Fergus and his troops do?

10. What is the explanation given by Uncle Fred about Mark's grandfather's death?

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