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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Captain Saltwood name his estate in England?
(a) Villa Rosa.
(b) Thornberry.
(c) Starwood.
(d) Sentinels.

3. What does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to return to France and secretly bring back to him?
(a) Love letters from a French countess.
(b) A stolen ruby.
(c) A political document involving the French king.
(d) Cuttings from five hundred French grape vines.

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

5. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?
(a) Use it as a dowry for his daughter.
(b) Use it to blackmail an enemy.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Grow grapes and make wine on his South African estate.

6. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?
(a) Ten.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

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

8. Who asks Hilary Saltwood to serve as a character witness for him, and help him defend himself against the Black Circuit commision's charge of cruelty and murder?
(a) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(b) Dr. Nels Linnart.
(c) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

9. What does Hilary Saltwood name his church?
(a) Goshen.
(b) Golan.
(c) Bayberry Hill Congregation.
(d) Christ Chapel.

10. What is a Trekboer?
(a) A member of the Trekboer family.
(b) A Dutch bride.
(c) A nomadic farmer or cattle herder.
(d) A Dutch sailor.

11. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?
(a) Zimbabwe is more exciting than his village.
(b) He can make more money in Zimbabwe.
(c) The journey back home would be too perilous.
(d) He has fallen in love with a woman from Zimbabwe.

12. How do Hilary and his wife die?
(a) They are murdered.
(b) They burn in a fire.
(c) They die of cholera.
(d) They drown in a shipwreck.

13. What is Paul de Prè skilled at growing?
(a) Barley.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Grapes.

14. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?
(a) Karel Van Doorn.
(b) A Dutch merchant.
(c) A Dutch politician.
(d) Two wealthy Dutch widows.

15. What situation in 1453 makes it imperative for Prince Henry to reach his goals in Africa?
(a) Africans have declared war on Portugal.
(b) His kingdom is bankrupt.
(c) Muslims control Constantinople and routes to the Orient.
(d) The Dutch want to invade Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

2. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want to find the city of Ophir?

3. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?

4. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?

5. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?

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