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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Zouga and his wife have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

2. When Jordan is in the kitchen preparing to cut off his male member, who interrupts him?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Bazo.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Jan Cheroot.

3. The day after Zouga first offers the higher wages, how many deserters show up to work for Zouga?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

4. What does Zouga initially offer to pay the men who agree to work on his claim?
(a) Eight shillings per week.
(b) Three shillings and six pence per week.
(c) Seven shillings and six pence per week.
(d) Five shillings per week.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the buni?

2. Where did Zouga first meet his wife?

3. When Zouga stops the physical fight between himself and Ralph, who does Zouga call for?

4. Who presides over Zouga's sorting table?

5. Who comes to visit Zouga to "inform" him of what wages he can pay, per the Digger's Committee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zouga's wife insist on accompanying him to Colesberg as the story begins?

2. As Zouga approaches the location where he is meeting the nameless man, Zouga feels fear. Why does Zouga enjoy feeling fear?

3. What is Jordan's reaction when he learns about sex from Jan Cheroot after listening to Jan and Ralph talk?

4. How does Zouga react when the nameless man offers him an equal partnership in his scheme to gain profits by salting Zouga's claim?

5. When Jordan asks Zouga why they can't just keep the sculpture, how does Zouga respond to Jordan?

6. Giving up the statue was especially painful for Jordan. What does Jordan equate the statue with?

7. After Mungo has been released from prison in Cape Town, Zouga loses contact with Mungo. How do they finally make contact with each other again?

8. What most surprises Zouga when he first arrives in Colesberg?

9. How does Zouga characterize Mungo St. John when he first shows up in Colesberg?

10. Why does Ralph challenge his father when Zouga comes off the veranda brandishing his whip?

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