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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the Digger's Committee, what is the wage Zouga is allowed to pay his men?
(a) Eight shillings.
(b) Five shillings.
(c) Six shillings.
(d) Seven shillings.

3. How many diamonds are in the bag that Zouga brings back from his meeting with the nameless man?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

4. What is the name of the Hottentot servant who actually first finds the diamonds at Colesberg kopje?
(a) Daniel.
(b) David.
(c) Dugal.
(d) Douglas.

5. How long does the journey from Good Hope to the diamond fields take Zouga and his family?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Ten weeks.

6. What are the buni?
(a) Eagle scouts.
(b) White men.
(c) Elephant hunters.
(d) I.D.B. operatives.

7. Who comes to visit Zouga to "inform" him of what wages he can pay, per the Digger's Committee?
(a) Bazo.
(b) Neville Pickering.
(c) Cecil Rhodes.
(d) Jan Cheroot.

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

9. When Zouga's sister turns Mungo in and the British navy boards Mungo's ship, how many slaves are on the ship as living cargo?
(a) 800.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

10. How long does Zouga Ballantyne spend in England trying to raise funding for his next adventure?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

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

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

13. When Mungo returns to the United States and leads his own ragtag cavalry during the Civil War, what nickname does he earn?
(a) Malady Mungo.
(b) Maverick Mungo.
(c) Marauding Mungo.
(d) Murdering Mungo.

14. When Zouga asks the nameless man what he's selling, how does the nameless man respond?
(a) Hope.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Alcohol.

15. When Kamuza returns to Colesberg, what does he come back as?
(a) The king's warrior.
(b) The warrior king.
(c) The I.D.B. enforcer.
(d) The king's man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the meeting between Zouga and the nameless man take place?

2. Who is charged with stamping out the I.D.B. on the diamond fields?

3. How long has Kamuza been away when he finally returns to Colesberg?

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

5. What spooks the horse that causes the horse to bolt, ultimately killing the horse's rider?

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