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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 is Dennis Petersen?

2. Who is Harry Fisher?

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

4. Who are Mark Anders and Fergus MacDonald?

5. From whom does Mark Anders receive a letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mark go to the Post Office?

3. What happens to the town of Fordsburg?

4. Whom does Mark meet at the studio?

5. Why is the Prime Minister honored?

6. Why does Mark feel a sense of destiny?

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

8. How does Mark fall into the river?

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

10. Why is Mark Anders forced to flee Ladyburg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast any three characters from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

A Sparrow Falls has elements of danger, adventure, and romance. Do you agree? Give examples from this novel.

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