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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 Mark Anders do to Pungushe?

2. Who kills the soldiers when they are all bunched up?

3. What do the pair of lions find when they are hungry?

4. Who is making an attack with horse artillery batteries?

5. Where does Mark Anders decide to go after the phone call that both the General and Ruth take?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mark get hold of Hobday?

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

3. What is the change Mark notices when the General and the Prime Minister lose their seats in the Parliament?

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

5. What does Mark do when he meets Storm on the beach at Umhlanga Rocks?

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

7. What can be said of Dirk's ambitions for his party?

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

9. Why does Mark go to Umhlanga Rocks, and what does he see there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the women in this novel, and what do they represent?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Wilbur Smith's own life and his past get reflected in A Sparrow Falls?

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