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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. Whom does Mark Anders take for a drive?

3. Who is Captain Michael Courtney's real father?

4. Who is asked to write a forward for the book?

5. Which is the station being isolated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark betray his friend Fergus?

2. Whom does Mark meet at the studio?

3. Why is the Prime Minister honored?

4. What can be said about Storm Courtney's character?

5. What is the relationship between Dirk and Dennis?

6. Why does Mark feel a sense of destiny?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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