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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. What is a cuthbert?

2. Who else apart from Dirk Courtney bets on money?

3. Who offers a job to Mark Anders?

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

5. Who are Mark Anders and Fergus MacDonald?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark fall into the river?

2. How do Mark and Storm come to an agreement when it is time for him to leave?

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

4. Why does Mark feel guilty when he is at the General's home talking to the Prime Minister?

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

6. Why is Mark Anders forced to flee Ladyburg?

7. Why does Mark go to the library?

8. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

9. How does Mark betray his friend Fergus?

10. Whom does Mark meet at the studio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How do all the objects used by the author lend credibility to the plot of the novel? Give examples of a few objects the author has used.

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