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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the name by which Zouga introduces himself to the warriors he comes upon?
(a) The Seer.
(b) The Warrior.
(c) The Rock.
(d) The Fist.

2. What is the name of the book that Jordan keeps hidden under his pillow?
(a) Religions of the American Indians.
(b) Religions of the Matabele.
(c) Religions of the Eastern World.
(d) Religions of the World.

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

4. What does Zouga initially believe that Mungo is carrying on the ship to trade?
(a) Beads and copper wire.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Copper wire and gold.
(d) Slaves.

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

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

7. What does the author liken the digging frenzy to?
(a) A hive of bees.
(b) A bevy of geese.
(c) A swarm of ants.
(d) A herd of deer.

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

9. Who ends up serving lunch to Cecil Rhodes?
(a) Donsela.
(b) Zouga.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Danara.

10. Who sets up the meeting for Zouga Ballantyne and the "nameless" man?
(a) Kamuza.
(b) Cecil Rhodes.
(c) Jan Cheroot.
(d) John Werner.

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

12. What is the name of Zouga's wife, who insists on traveling to Colesberg with him?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Alena.
(c) Aletta.
(d) Anetta.

13. What is the name of Zouga's eldest son?
(a) Emile.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Ralph.

14. How does Jordan obtain the book that he keeps hidden under his pillow?
(a) Jordan traded for it.
(b) Jordan stole it.
(c) Jordan found it.
(d) Jordan bought it.

15. How big is the largest diamond that the man who finds the enrichment finds?
(a) Fifteen carats.
(b) Eighteen carats.
(c) Ten carats.
(d) Twenty carats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Louise St. John is not really Mungo's wife. What happened to Mungo's wife at the beginning of the Civil War?

3. When Zouga realizes that the ground is giving way, to whom does he shout a warning on the road with their cart?

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

5. What is the name of the man that Ralph was fighting with on the road just before it gave way?

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