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

2. As the novel begins, how many wagons does Ralph own?
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

3. What are amaholi?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Healers.

4. What animal comes to represent the beautiful and wild land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers for Ralph Ballantyne?
(a) Antelope.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Giraffe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Chief Native Commissioner in Matabeleland?

2. 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?

3. Who plans the development and extraction of the minerals at the mine?

4. How many blades does Bazo promise the Matabele warriors that they will have by the time the great storm begins?

5. The first time in the ancient ruins, what did Zouga and Jan Cheroot find that Zouga insisted on taking with him?

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