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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. How much older than Bazo's son is Ralph's son?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

2. What are Zouga, Ralph, and Jan Cheroot searching the land for?
(a) Yellow diamonds.
(b) Blue diamonds.
(c) White gold.
(d) Red gold.

3. 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?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Forty years.

4. When the three men return to Cathy and Ralph's elaborate camp, who has arrived in their absence?
(a) Robyn St. John.
(b) Cecil Rhodes.
(c) Leander Jameson.
(d) Bazo.

5. According to Zouga's calculations, how many miles per day had he covered when Zouga had originally made this same journey?
(a) Three miles per day.
(b) Five miles per day.
(c) Eight miles per day.
(d) Ten miles per day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the indunas wait in the village before the Umlimo comes down from the cavern?

2. What is the Matabele name given to Ralph?

3. As the Umlimo is giving her prophesies, what type of creature is crawling over her body?

4. When Ralph sees smoke in the distance and rides off to investigate, who steps out suddenly from the forest?

5. What dis the meaning of the praise name that the Matabele have given to Zouga Ballantyne?

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