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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11, Pages 500 - 551.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spooks the horse that causes the horse to bolt, ultimately killing the horse's rider?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A thunderclap.
(c) A lightning bolt.
(d) A tarpaulin.

2. What is the title that the members of the mess are known by?
(a) The Robbers.
(b) The Gents.
(c) The Swells.
(d) The Land Baron.

3. What is the name of the partner that Ralph takes on?
(a) Frank Johnson.
(b) Fred Johnson.
(c) Alex Johnson.
(d) Mark Johnson.

4. After tying the nameless man to his horse, where does Zouga take the nameless man to?
(a) King Lobengula.
(b) The Matabele leader.
(c) Zouga's diamond claims.
(d) The Diggers' Committee.

5. Who congratulates the nameless man on a "job well done"?
(a) Neville Pickering.
(b) Mark Sanderson.
(c) Cecil Rhodes.
(d) King Lobengula.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the staging gives way at Zouga's claim, how many men plunge to the bottom of the pit in the basket that is being lowered?

2. What does remembering a passage from Zouga's book as she wanders in the desert help Louise to find?

3. Who does Robyn finally send to Mungo's camp to tell Mungo that the king is giving him permission to go look for Louise?

4. When Zouga asks the nameless man what he's selling, how does the nameless man respond?

5. What is one of the conditions under which Zouga's meeting with the nameless man takes place?

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