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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 comes to Fergus MacDonald's house at dawn after Fergus receives the telegram from Mark Anders?
(a) The police.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The ambulance.
(d) The fire engine.

2. What is Chaka's gate?
(a) It is an abandoned home.
(b) It is a church.
(c) It is a hunting reserve.
(d) It is a restaurant.

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

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

5. Does Mark Anders win the Africa Cup?
(a) None of the above.
(b) He does not take part.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened in South Africa?

2. Who carries out the sentence?

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

4. What are the feelings inside of Mark Anders when he sends a telegram?

5. Who decides to leave with Mark Anders to Fordsburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark fall into the river?

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

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

4. What is the surprise Harry Fisher has for Mark?

5. Why does Mark feel a sense of destiny?

6. Whom does Mark meet at the studio?

7. Why does Mark go to the Post Office?

8. How does Mark continue his research of the Courtney family?

9. What is the relationship between Dirk and Dennis?

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

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