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

2. After witnessing the fight between his father and Ralph, Jordan tries to cut off his member. Who inadvertently stops Jordan from hurting himself?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Jan.

3. When Jordan delivers the statue to its new owner, Jordan is offered a job. What job is Jordan offered?
(a) A sorter.
(b) A chef.
(c) A secretary.
(d) A bookkeeper.

4. What is a giya?
(a) The seductive dance of a woman.
(b) The dueling dance of an Englishman.
(c) The marriage dance of the Matabele.
(d) The challenge dance of a warrior.

5. Louise St. John is not really Mungo's wife. What happened to Mungo's wife at the beginning of the Civil War?
(a) She fled to the North.
(b) She went to France.
(c) She was killed.
(d) She divorced Mungo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jordan believe his mother's spirit has become in her death?

2. What are the buni?

3. At the time when Zouga Ballantyne first hears the name Colesberg kopje, how many wagons does he have?

4. When Zouga goes off in search of men to work his claim, how many men are in the tribe Zouga comes upon?

5. What is the title that the members of the mess are known by?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Zouga prepares to keep the rendezvous with the nameless man, Zouga only has his claims left to sell. Why is Zouga unwilling to sell his claims?

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

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

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. Why does Ralph leave school?

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

7. Describe Hendrick Naaiman.

8. Describe what married life was like for Zouga's wife.

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

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

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