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

2. What happens to the Scottish Transvaal company?

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

4. Who is Lynette?

5. Who carries out the sentence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Prime Minister honored?

3. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

4. What is the conversation between Dicky Lancome and the General?

5. Why does Mark go to the Post Office?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the protagonist in A Sparrow Falls? How does the protagonist fit in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How has the author depicted his love for preservation of wild life in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the novel called A Sparrow Falls? What or whom does the word "sparrow" represent?

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