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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. Where does Mark Anders go after seeing his friend off?

2. Which is the station being isolated?

3. Who is Miss Lucy?

4. Who shoots Mark Anders?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Fergus and his troops do?

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

4. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

5. What is the relationship between Dirk and Dennis?

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

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

8. Why is Mark Anders forced to flee Ladyburg?

9. Who is the unwanted guest at the General's party, and what does Mark learn of him?

10. How does Mark betray his friend Fergus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is the setting to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How has the author shown the peaceful co-existence of the white man and the black man in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What can be said of the relationship between the characters in the novel? How do they influence each other?

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