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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?
(a) Antelope hides.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Cloth they wove.
(d) Diamonds.

2. What is the name of Captain Nicholas Saltwood's ship in Chapter Three?
(a) The Cornwall Lady.
(b) The Harvest.
(c) The Allegria.
(d) The Acorn.

3. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?
(a) She is a redhead.
(b) She is eager to leave her home when Adriaan proposes.
(c) She is a slave girl.
(d) She is strong-willed.

4. Where does Captain Nicholas Saltwood build his English estate?
(a) In Staffordshire.
(b) On the river Avon.
(c) In the center of London.
(d) On the Thames river just outside London.

5. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?
(a) Gold.
(b) Graphite.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.

6. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?
(a) The drought over their land.
(b) The sickness of their cattle.
(c) The scarcity of game for them to hunt.
(d) The flooding of their land.

7. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, what has Nxumalo been raised to believe about the chief of his tribe?
(a) That the chief is a god.
(b) That the chief is omnipotent.
(c) That whatever the chief says is law.
(d) That the chief is incompetent.

8. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?
(a) Shaka's half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana.
(b) The San tribe.
(c) Mzilikazi.
(d) The Bantu tribe.

9. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?
(a) Mqalane.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Shaka.
(d) Mpepha.

10. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?
(a) England.
(b) Holland.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

11. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?
(a) That his wife remarry.
(b) That his grandchildren never go to war with the Hottentots.
(c) That he be buried in Holland.
(d) That his children prosper.

12. What is Dr. Nels Linnart's profession?
(a) He's a teacher.
(b) He's a doctor.
(c) He's a predikant.
(d) He's a scientist.

13. How does Naoka's first husband die?
(a) A rhinoceros kills him.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He dies of a fever.
(d) Gumsto murders him.

14. 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) Enlisting the help of lions.
(c) Burning the grass around the eland to trap it.
(d) A special ritual to seek the gods' blessing.

15. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?
(a) Thin.
(b) Extremely wrinkled from a young age.
(c) Over six feet tall in height.
(d) Yellowish-brown in color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nxumalo leave his tribe, the Sixolobo?

2. From what disease does Paul de Prè die?

3. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?

4. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

5. What does the Black Circuit commission investigate?

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