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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Pages 202 - 239.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Fifty gold pieces.
(b) Five hundred gold pieces.
(c) Three hundred gold pieces.
(d) One hundred gold pieces.

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

3. How far is it from Good Hope to the diamond fields that Zouga and his family journey to?
(a) Two hundred miles.
(b) Six hundred miles.
(c) Eighty miles.
(d) Twelve hundred miles.

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?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Forty-eight hours.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) Thirty-six hours.

5. Before embarking on the journey to Colesberg, how many years does Zouga spend chasing his grandiose dream?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Hottentot servant who actually first finds the diamonds at Colesberg kopje?

2. What is the name of Zouga's Hottentot retainer?

3. When Jordan is in the kitchen preparing to cut off his male member, who interrupts him?

4. What is the name of the book Zouga wrote?

5. Which is NOT one of the names given to the competition groups?

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