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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be said of the character of Derek Hunt?
(a) He is a very honest man.
(b) He is a man with no scruples.
(c) He is a very genuine person.
(d) He is a generous man.

2. Who is Mark Anders' grandfather's murderer?
(a) Dirk Courtney.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Pungushe.
(d) Hobday.

3. Whom does Mark Anders go in search for in Chapter 121?
(a) Storm.
(b) Irene.
(c) Dirk Courtney.
(d) His grandfather's grave.

4. What is Pungushe by profession?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A butler.
(d) A gardener.

5. Who kills Sean Courtney and Ruth?
(a) Ronald Pye.
(b) Pungushe.
(c) Dirk Courtney.
(d) Hobday.

Short Answer Questions

1. One afternoon when Storm and Mark Anders are lying together what does she tell him?

2. Where does Storm go the next day after spending the afternoon with Mark Anders?

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

4. Who gets killed in the accident that Ruth is being told about on the phone?

5. What does Marion realize when she goes to pick mushrooms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Mark and Storm at the end of the book?

4. What is the misunderstanding between Storm and Mark?

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

6. Why does Storm lose her temper?

7. Why does the General appear so old when Mark goes to meet him?

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

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

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

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