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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. Whom does Helena seduce?

2. From whom does Mark Anders receive a letter?

3. How do the men in the Cadillac get killed?

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

5. Whom does Mark Anders take with him to hear the Prime Minister's speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark betray his friend Fergus?

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

3. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

4. What happens at Fergus's home after he gets the telegram?

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

6. Why does Mark feel a sense of destiny?

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

8. Where does Mark get his first job?

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

10. How does Mark fall into the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's writing style? Any use of alliterations, puns, etc?

Essay Topic 2

How are the male characters in this novel a representation of masculinity?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between General Sean Courtney and his estranged son gain momentum in the novel?

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