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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. Who is making an attack with horse artillery batteries?

2. Whom does General Sean Courtney ask to survey Chaka's Gate?

3. Who is Hlubi?

4. Who is the father of Storm's son?

5. Who offers money to Mark Anders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harry kill himself?

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

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

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

5. What happens when Mark is out on one of his patrols in Chaka's Gate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

How important is the setting to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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