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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 do the newspapers label General Sean Courtney as?

2. Who helps Mark Anders get ready when it is time for him to leave?

3. When Mark Anders visits Storm whom does he see with the baby?

4. What is Storm asking Mark Anders to do when he visits her studio?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the misunderstanding between Storm and Mark?

2. Why does Harry kill himself?

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

4. How do Mark and Pungushe lead Dirk and his company astray?

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

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

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

8. How does Mark get hold of Hobday?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the author depicted his love for preservation of wild life in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the protagonist in A Sparrow Falls? How does the protagonist fit in the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast any three characters from the novel.

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