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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - 1895: Pages 196 - 229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As he's trying to get out of going down in the mine shaft, what does Jan Cheroot claim to be?
(a) Sacred.
(b) A coward.
(c) Sick.
(d) A thief.

2. How long does it take Ralph and Harry to peg their new claims in Wankie's country?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three weeks.

3. How many men does Mungo request that Gandang send to work on the new gold mine?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

4. As Juba travels from Robyn's back to her husband's kraal, how many attendants accompany her?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

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. Who does Robyn forbid her children to contact if Robyn's study goes awry?

2. According to what Ralph tells Cathy, what is a bottle of whiskey worth in Bulawayo?

3. Before converting to Christianity, what name was Ruth known by?

4. Who do the Matabele refer to as One-Bright-Eye?

5. When Mungo finally reaches the mission, where does he command all of the people to go?

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