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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. Why does Mark Anders write a letter to Marion?

2. Which character does NOT benefit from the sale of Andersland?

3. What activity does Dirk Courtney host?

4. Who makes their way to the headquarters in Marshall Square?

5. Who gets shot in the back by the German machine gunner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mark feel a sense of destiny?

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

4. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

5. How does Mark fall into the river?

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

7. Why does Mark go to the library?

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

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

10. Who is Marion Littlejohn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What in your opinion is the reason the author has show an estranged relationship between father and son as seen between General Sean Courtney and Dirk Courtney?

Essay Topic 3

Which character or characters play the role of an antagonist in the novel? How? Give examples.

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