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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Pages 551 - 599.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what tribe are the men that Zouga comes upon as he is searching for men to work his diamond claims?
(a) Paradna.
(b) Matabele.
(c) Induna.
(d) Inyati.

3. Who carves the crutch out of Mopani wood that Mungo uses to get around after his surgery?
(a) Robyn.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Zouga.
(d) Clinton.

4. What stands at the head of the steps to the cottage that used to belong to Tom Harkness that Zouga is now living in?
(a) An Indian carving.
(b) A yellow diamond.
(c) A soapstone sculpture.
(d) A blue-marbled stone.

5. Who pulls up the huge champagne-colored diamond on the third day of the digging frenzy?
(a) Cecil Rhodes.
(b) Calvin Hine.
(c) Neville Pickering.
(d) Zouga Ballantyne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Naaiman offer to Bazo for the diamond that Bazo found while in the pit, after the rains cause the road to give way?

2. As Ralph prepares to leave the Codringtons, how long does he tell Cathy that he will be gone for?

3. When Zouga finally meets the nameless man who requested the meeting, who does the nameless man turn out to be?

4. When Bazo first sees Kamuza after his return to Colesberg, what term of great respect does Bazo call Kamuza by?

5. After the fight between Zouga and the nameless man, who comes to Zouga's rescue?

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