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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 does General Sean Courtney tell Mark Anders about their seat in Parliament?

2. When Mark Anders is on his patrol he sees that an animal has attacked someone. Who is that person that the animal has attacked?

3. Who takes Hobday to General Sean Courtney and his wife?

4. Whom does the lioness kill?

5. Who tells Mark Anders about his grandfather's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Storm lose her temper?

2. Why is the General angry when Mark gets money from Dirk?

3. What is the news that Ruth gets on the phone?

4. How does the General get killed and by whom?

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

6. What can be said of the relationship between Mark and Marion?

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

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

9. When Mark and Storm are together in Chaka's gate, what is the sound they hear outside of their home?

10. Why does Mark feel a sense of purpose?

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

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

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