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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. As Mungo's group follows Lobengula, who does Mungo take great delight in irritating?
2. When Lobengula's men hear of the woman Zouga's soldier makes sport of, who tries to be the voice of reason and settle Lobengula's men down?
3. What is the name of the partner that Ralph takes on?
4. What does remembering a passage from Zouga's book as she wanders in the desert help Louise to find?
5. What role did the girl who cooks for Bazo and cleans his wounds fill for Pemba before she was captured by Bazo?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Bazo captures Ralph under orders from the king to kill whomever was responsible, how and why does Bazo react as he does?
2. When Mungo receives the letter telling him that his wife has died, Mungo is free to finally marry Louise. What does Mungo do when he receives the letter?
3. When Ralph heads back to Lobengula's encampment, he meets Bazo along the way. What does Bazo assure Ralph of?
4. According to Zouga, why are some of Lobengula's regiments on the Zambezi unable to fight?
5. When Salina declares her love for Jordan, how does Jordan respond?
6. Describe the actions of the advance team's leader as they are surrounded and being killed one by one.
7. Why do Jim Thorn and Will Daniel trail behind the rest of Mungo's group that is following Lobengula?
8. When Kamuza gives the gold to Will and Jim, what do Jim and Will tell Kamuza?
9. According to Bazo, why does he not have sex with the girl who cooks for him?
10. When Mungo asks Louise why she does not leave him, how does Louise respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Was the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
The author uses several different literary techniques as the story is told in regard to the story's flow. Describe the techniques of both flashbacks and foreshadowing. How are each of these techniques used in the story? Give specific examples of each technique. Why might the author have chosen to use both of these techniques in the story? Was the story enhanced by the use of these two techniques? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In many ways, the novel is a series of contrasts designed to heighten the reader's awareness and draw the reader deeper into the story and the intricacies of each of the story's characters. Identify at least three contrasts that are used in the novel. Describe these contrasts and determine how they impact the story's plot, as well as the reader's emotional involvement in the characters' lives. If these identified contrasts were not included in the story, what impact would their absence have on the storyline, the characters' development, and the readers' involvement?
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