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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 Matabele name given to Ralph?
(a) Bazo.
(b) Nomusa.
(c) Bakela.
(d) Henshaw.

2. When Bazo and Ralph part, when does Bazo tell Ralph that the two men will meet again?
(a) After the morning dews.
(b) After the crow flies.
(c) After the great storms.
(d) After the thunderous claps.

3. 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 Martyr.
(b) The Cynic.
(c) The Wanderer.
(d) The Zealot.

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

5. The first time in the ancient ruins, what did Zouga and Jan Cheroot find that Zouga insisted on taking with him?
(a) A silver spear.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A gold nugget.
(d) A statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the praise name that the Matabele have given to Zouga Ballantyne?

2. What are amaholi?

3. 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?

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

5. Who is Gandang's son?

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