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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, Achievement of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gumsto suggest to help ensure the success of the San tribe's hunt when they are starving, in Chapter One?
(a) Using sacred arrows.
(b) A special ritual to seek the gods' blessing.
(c) Burning the grass around the eland to trap it.
(d) Enlisting the help of lions.

2. To what city do Johanna and Piet Krause convince Detleef to come at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Paris.
(c) Kimberley.
(d) Johannesburg.

3. What Englishman documents Shaka's later years?
(a) Henry Francis Fynn.
(b) James Lochwood.
(c) Bill Turner.
(d) Captain Nicholas Saltwood.

4. What does Rebecca's father do for a living in Chaper Five?
(a) He's a wine merchant.
(b) He's a predikant.
(c) He's a physician.
(d) He's a politician.

5. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Forty-three.
(d) Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence do the Xhosa people face after taking their actions in response to Nonqause's prophecy?

2. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?

3. When a new teacher opens a school in Venloo in Chapter Eleven, who is sent there to get a formal education in English?

4. Who is the leader of the Venloo Commandos?

5. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?

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