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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Louise's rescuer first sees Louise's shape, what does the rescuer mistake Louise for?
(a) A lion.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A wildebeest.
(d) A baboon.

2. When the advance team is surrounded and the men are being picked off one by one, who is going among the Matabele warriors, giving them instructions on how to better shoot their rifles?
(a) Lobengula.
(b) Gandang.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Zouga.

3. When Jordan arrives at the cottage that used to belong to Tom Harkness, where Zouga is now living, who is the first person that Jordan sees?
(a) Robyn.
(b) Zouga.
(c) Jan Cheroot.
(d) Ralph.

4. Which two of the Codrington girls are twins?
(a) Victoria and Catherine.
(b) Salina and Elizabeth.
(c) Cartherine and Robyn.
(d) Victoria and Elizabeth.

5. As Jameson's mounted party makes its way to Umlimo, what is offered to the mounted men as they pass by the other soldiers?
(a) Guns.
(b) Land grants.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Diamonds.

6. What role did the girl who cooks for Bazo and cleans his wounds fill for Pemba before she was captured by Bazo?
(a) She was Pemba's mistress.
(b) She was Pemba's apprentice.
(c) She was Pemba's chef.
(d) She was Pemba's secretary.

7. As Ralph and Zouga are hunting giraffe, they spot a war party carrying long shields. Who is leading the war party?
(a) Mungo.
(b) Khama.
(c) Lobengula.
(d) Bazo.

8. As part of Bazo's reward for bringing the king Pemba's head, how many cattle is Bazo allowed to choose from the royal herd?
(a) Fifty head.
(b) One hundred head.
(c) Twenty head.
(d) Two hundred head.

9. How many men does Mungo allow the group leader of his advance team to take across the swollen river?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

10. When does the British Foreign Secretary approve the occupation of Mashonaland?
(a) April 1892.
(b) July 1890.
(c) September 1892.
(d) February 1890.

11. What does Lobengula do before he and his surviving troops abandon their camp?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Burn the camp down.
(c) Bury their dead.
(d) Rescue their woman and children.

12. Where is Mungo when he receives a letter telling him that his wife has died in France?
(a) Perth.
(b) New York.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Cape Town.

13. After the double wedding ceremony, who commits suicide?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Robyn.
(c) Salina.
(d) Elizabeth.

14. How long after Mungo's surgery does Robyn remove the stitches from his surgery?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Fifteen days.
(c) Twenty days.
(d) Three weeks.

15. When Ralph arrives at the Codringtons, he is being watched. Who is watching Ralph's approach?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Robyn.
(d) Salina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jameson ask to help him bring in Lobengula?

2. After burying the king, where does Gandang head to?

3. When Lobengula dies, what do the remaining Matabele wrap the dead king's body in?

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?

5. What present does Robyn receive from her grandfather that is more precious to Robyn than her own life's blood?

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