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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, The Huguenots.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Prince Henry of Portugal's nickname?
(a) The Prince of Africa.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) The Conqueror.
(d) The Dark Lion.
2. What nationality is the man who establishes the fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Spanish.
3. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Antelope hides.
(d) Cloth they wove.
4. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Nineteen or twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.
5. What does Gumsto suggest to help ensure the success of the San tribe's hunt when they are starving, in Chapter One?
(a) Enlisting the help of lions.
(b) A special ritual to seek the gods' blessing.
(c) Using sacred arrows.
(d) Burning the grass around the eland to trap it.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?
2. To what prosperous trade center does Malacca open access?
3. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?
4. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?
5. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?
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