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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, Pages 151 - 202.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Zouga send into the pit to hand up the equipment and tools?
(a) Jan.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Ralph.

2. What does Hendrick Naaiman consider himself to be?
(a) Matabele.
(b) English.
(c) American.
(d) Bastaard.

3. About how much could the green dragon be worth that the nameless man shows Zouga at their meeting?
(a) Twenty thousand pounds.
(b) Five thousand pounds.
(c) Ten thousand pounds.
(d) One thousand pounds.

4. At the time when Zouga Ballantyne first hears the name Colesberg kopje, how many wagons does he have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. When the rains finally come during the digging frenzy, how much rain falls?
(a) Almost two inches.
(b) Almost five inches.
(c) Almost ten inches.
(d) Almost twenty inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zouga Ballantyne first hear the name Colesberg kopje?

2. 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?

3. How far is it from Good Hope to the diamond fields that Zouga and his family journey to?

4. How much time passes between when Zouga Ballantyne first hears the name Colesberg kopje and when Zouga and his family begin traveling to Colesberg?

5. What does the author liken the digging frenzy to?

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