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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. When Jordan is in the kitchen preparing to cut off his male member, who interrupts him?
(a) Bazo.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Zouga.
(d) Jan Cheroot.

2. How long does Zouga Ballantyne spend in England trying to raise funding for his next adventure?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight months.
(c) One year.
(d) Eighteen months.

3. How far is it from Good Hope to the diamond fields that Zouga and his family journey to?
(a) Six hundred miles.
(b) Twelve hundred miles.
(c) Two hundred miles.
(d) Eighty miles.

4. When Zouga introduces himself to the warriors he comes upon, by what name does he introduce himself?
(a) Henshaw.
(b) Bakela.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Gandang.

5. What does the author liken the digging frenzy to?
(a) A bevy of geese.
(b) A swarm of ants.
(c) A herd of deer.
(d) A hive of bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bazo first sees Kamuza after his return to Colesberg, what term of great respect does Bazo call Kamuza by?

2. Who does Zouga purchase his two claims from?

3. What are the buni?

4. Who witnesses the entire physical fight that occurs between Ralph and Zouga?

5. Which character is a police officer?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the two men fight, Ralph is filled with hatred for his father. What is the source of Ralph's hatred?

2. After the road caves in, why does Zouga send his Matabele down into the pressure crack that the water had opened?

3. What first attracted Zouga's wife to Zouga?

4. Describe what married life was like for Zouga's wife.

5. Why does Ralph challenge his father when Zouga comes off the veranda brandishing his whip?

6. What is Jordan's reaction when he learns about sex from Jan Cheroot after listening to Jan and Ralph talk?

7. When Jordan accepts the job that is offered to him when he delivers the statue to its new owner, what is Jordan's first responsibility at his new job?

8. On the way to deliver the statue, Jordan entertains the notion of running away with it. Why does Jordan end up delivering the statue?

9. What most surprises Zouga when he first arrives in Colesberg?

10. Describe Hendrick Naaiman.

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