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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. When the staging gives way at Zouga's claim, how many men plunge to the bottom of the pit in the basket that is being lowered?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. At the time when Zouga Ballantyne first hears the name Colesberg kopje, how many wagons does he have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

4. After losing everything he has in the bet on the rough ride, who does Zouga give the soapstone sculpture to?
(a) Leander Jameson.
(b) Cecil Rhodes.
(c) King Lobengula.
(d) Neville Pickering.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Zouga finally meets the nameless man who requested the meeting, who does the nameless man turn out to be?

3. When Zouga introduces himself to the warriors he comes upon, by what name does he introduce himself?

4. How big is the largest diamond that the man who finds the enrichment finds?

5. What are the buni?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On the way to deliver the statue, Jordan entertains the notion of running away with it. Why does Jordan end up delivering the statue?

3. Why do the Matabele typically keep their treasures buried under the floor in their huts?

4. While he is down in the pit, why does the Matabele warrior lean into the mud wall - the action that enables him to find the large diamond?

5. After the road caves in, why does Zouga send his Matabele down into the pressure crack that the water had opened?

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

7. When Jordan accepts the job that is offered to him when he delivers the statue to its new owner, what is Jordan's first responsibility at his new job?

8. How does the leader of the tribal warriors respond when Zouga asks them why they are seeking their "treasure"?

9. As Zouga prepares to keep the rendezvous with the nameless man, why is Zouga desperate?

10. As the two men fight, Ralph is filled with hatred for his father. What is the source of Ralph's hatred?

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