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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cathy's sister finally arrive at the camp, who does Elizabeth greet first?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Jordan.

2. When Robyn tells Mungo to leave the mission, Mungo sees the sky turning an unusual color in the distance. What is Mungo seeing?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Fires.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Bees.

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

4. When Tanase greets Bazo as he is returning to Gandang's kraal, she calls Bazo a name that makes Bazo uncomfortable. What is the name?
(a) Chaka.
(b) Bayete.
(c) Mzilikazi.
(d) Diniswayo.

5. After Ralph sells his company, who does he next visit in Kimberley?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Barney.

6. How long does Ralph predict that it will take Cecil Rhodes to leave their camp after Cathy's sisters arrive?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) One day.
(d) One hour.

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

8. What disease does Robyn study by giving it to herself?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Yellow jack.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Scabies.

9. According to Robyn, who are the soldiers riding past the church at night?
(a) Rhodes's men.
(b) Jameson's men.
(c) Mungo's men.
(d) Zouga's men.

10. Who convinces Harry that he and Victoria should honeymoon in Wankie's Country?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Robyn.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

12. What is the name of Gandang's most senior wife?
(a) Tanase.
(b) Babiaan.
(c) Manatassi.
(d) Juba.

13. When Juba comes to see Bazo, who is Juba upset with that Bazo insists must be killed?
(a) Bakela.
(b) Henshaw.
(c) Nomusa.
(d) One-Bright-Eye.

14. Before converting to Christianity, what name was Ruth known by?
(a) Shangani.
(b) Kampu.
(c) Mamewethu.
(d) Ganda.

15. How long after Cathy's sisters arrive at the camp does Cecil decide to leave the camp?
(a) Sixteen minutes.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) One hour.
(d) Three hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ralph returns to the mines to check on Harry's work, how many men has Bazo brought to work at the mine?

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

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

4. What is the Matabele name given to Ralph?

5. When Mungo St. John breaks into Juba's tent in the middle of the night, what does Juba call Mungo?

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