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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 does the name of Bazo's son mean?
(a) The Seeker After Knowledge.
(b) The Seeker of Lost People.
(c) The Seeker After Justice.
(d) The Seeker of Truth.

2. The warrior who suddenly steps out of the forest was once known as the Ax. What is the warrior more commonly called now?
(a) The Wanderer.
(b) The Martyr.
(c) The Zealot.
(d) The Cynic.

3. Who plans the development and extraction of the minerals at the mine?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Harry.
(d) Jan.

4. When Ralph sees smoke in the distance and rides off to investigate, who steps out suddenly from the forest?
(a) Gandang.
(b) Umlimo.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Lobengula.

5. 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) Twenty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jan Cheroot is lowered into the mine shaft, what does he find in the little cave?

2. As the story begins, how old is Ralph?

3. What is the name of Gandang's most senior wife?

4. When the three men return to Cathy and Ralph's elaborate camp, who has arrived in their absence?

5. As the story opens, how many days have the men marched east from the ruins?

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