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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 happening at the diamond fields when Zouga signs over his claims?
(a) A fight is occurring.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) A rainbow is in the sky.

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

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

4. After tying the nameless man to his horse, where does Zouga take the nameless man to?
(a) The Matabele leader.
(b) Zouga's diamond claims.
(c) King Lobengula.
(d) The Diggers' Committee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much could the green dragon be worth that the nameless man shows Zouga at their meeting?

2. Which character is a police officer?

3. What does Zouga initially offer to pay the men who agree to work on his claim?

4. Who is the chairman of the Kimberley Sporting Club?

5. Who pulls up the huge champagne-colored diamond on the third day of the digging frenzy?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the tribal warriors first reach the diamond claim, what does Jan Cheroot have to show them?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Describe what Ralph looks like after he has been to see Dr. Jameson after the fight with Zouga.

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

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

9. How does the tribal warrior recognize Zouga when the men first meet in the desert while Zouga is searching for workers?

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

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