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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 the father of Storm's son?

2. What does the lioness sense when she is busy with her cubs and decides to move them?

3. Who prepares the two mules by salting them?

4. What sound do Mark Anders and Storm hear when they are together in their house at Chaka's gate?

5. Who comes and tells Mark Anders about this grand grandfather's murderer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation Mark and Pungushe have when Mark Anders returns to Chaka's Gate?

2. Why is Mark stunned when talking to the General when he asks him about Storm?

3. What happens to Mark when he is riding his horse?

4. Why does Harry kill himself?

5. What can be said about the man Derek Hunt?

6. What is the conversation between Dirk and the General?

7. What are Hobday's crimes and who is noting them down?

8. What does Mark decide to do after he learns of his wife's death?

9. What is the incident that occurs when Mark and Pungushe are riding together?

10. What does Mark tell Storm to do when she tells him about all that the difficulties she has faced so far in her life?

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 mood or tone of this novel? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

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

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