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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. Who is the eldest Codrington daughter?
(a) Salina.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Catherine.

2. What do the Codrington girls call King Mzilikazi?
(a) Man King.
(b) King Diamond.
(c) King Silly Cat.
(d) King Wonder Boy.

3. What present does Robyn receive from her grandfather that is more precious to Robyn than her own life's blood?
(a) Chloroform.
(b) Carbolic acid.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Quicksilver.

4. Who carves the crutch out of Mopani wood that Mungo uses to get around after his surgery?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Robyn.
(d) Ralph.

5. How old was Louise when Mungo raped her?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lobengula's final resting place?

2. At the story's end, who does Mungo marry?

3. What does Lobengula do before he and his surviving troops abandon their camp?

4. When Jameson inquires as to the Codrington family's location, where is he told they are?

5. After Mungo's wife dies, who is raising Mungo's two children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Other than wanting to steal the king's diamonds, what other reason does Mungo have for staying at the Codringtons?

2. What are the instructions that Mungo gives to his advance team just before they cross the swollen river?

3. Why does Louise feel that there is no turning back after she leaves the king's camp without permission?

4. When Louise hears her mule scream in terror, she climbs a sycamore tree. Why?

5. When Kamuza gives the gold to Will and Jim, what do Jim and Will tell Kamuza?

6. Why is the girl who first greets Ralph at the Codringtons not surprised that Ralph does not know that his aunt has children?

7. According to Bazo, why does he not have sex with the girl who cooks for him?

8. When Ralph heads back to Lobengula's encampment, he meets Bazo along the way. What does Bazo assure Ralph of?

9. When Ralph first meets his Uncle Codrington, Ralph claims that he would have known his uncle anywhere. How?

10. Why do Jim Thorn and Will Daniel trail behind the rest of Mungo's group that is following Lobengula?

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