View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mark Anders write a letter to Marion?
(a) To break off their engagement.
(b) To tell her that he is in love with someone else.
(c) To tell her how much he hates her.
(d) To confess his love for her.

3. Which man's animal wins?
(a) Mark Anders'.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Dicky Lancome's.
(d) Dirk Courtney's.

4. Who is Helena?
(a) Wife of Fergus MacDonald.
(b) Wife of Mark Anders.
(c) Sister of Mark Anders.
(d) Sister of Fergus MacDonald.

5. For whom does Marion Littlejohn ask for help?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Peter.
(c) Mark Anders.
(d) Lynette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is alone at home with Helena?

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

3. Which lady is told about the seduction that takes place in Mark Anders's cabin in Cape Town?

4. Whose sentence is being carried out when Harry Fisher accuses the person of being a traitor?

5. Who manages to seduce Mark Anders when he is in Cape Town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mark feel guilty when he is at the General's home talking to the Prime Minister?

3. What happens when Mark is on a train leaving Ladyburg?

4. Why does Mark go to the library?

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

6. How does Mark fall into the river?

7. What scares Peter when he meets Dirk?

8. Why is Mark Anders forced to flee Ladyburg?

9. Why does Mark go to the Post Office?

10. What is a cuthbert and why is it used by Fergus MacDonald?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 732 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample