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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - 1895: Pages 35 - 73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the distant blue summit shaped like a crouching lion that Zouga uses as a marker?
(a) The Beast.
(b) The King.
(c) The Sentinel.
(d) The Way.

2. According to the Matabele, what is the only true form of wealth?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Children.
(c) Gold.
(d) Cattle.

3. When the three men find the area they are looking for, how many shafts does Zouga remember?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Who is the Chief Native Commissioner in Matabeleland?
(a) Zouga Ballantyne.
(b) Mungo St. John.
(c) Leander Jameson.
(d) Cecil Rhodes.

5. When Jan Cheroot is lowered into the mine shaft, what does he find in the little cave?
(a) Gold.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ralph, Zouga, and Jan Cheroot ride to the next ridge to continue their search, Ralph sees a flash of gold. What does Ralph see?

2. How much older than Bazo's son is Ralph's son?

3. What are Zouga, Ralph, and Jan Cheroot searching the land for?

4. How much time has passed between when Zouga arrives in the land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers at the beginning of the novel and when he had last been in this same area?

5. The warrior who suddenly steps out of the forest was once known as the Ax. What is the warrior more commonly called now?

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