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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the news from Bulawayo, where are Jameson's men preparing to attack?
(a) Johannesberg.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Kimberley.
(d) Pitsani.

2. According to the news from Bulawayo, how many men does Jameson have mounted and armed?
(a) 750.
(b) 600.
(c) 300.
(d) 350.

3. How many blades does Bazo promise the Matabele warriors that they will have by the time the great storm begins?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

4. At Khami Mission, who tells the girls that hundreds of soldiers are riding past the church?
(a) Old Mack.
(b) Old Moses.
(c) Old Bart.
(d) Old Abe.

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

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

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

8. Juba calls four stars in the night sky, Manatassi's Sons. What does Robyn call the same constellation?
(a) The Little Dipper.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Orion.

9. As Juba and Bazo talk about killing the white men, who does Bazo say that he will kill himself?
(a) One-Bright-Eye.
(b) Nomusa.
(c) Henshaw.
(d) Bakela.

10. When Ralph tells Harry to take the women to Bulawayo alone, where does Ralph head to?
(a) Harkness.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Khami.
(d) Kimberley.

11. With what does Zouga hope to replace the trek oxen he lost to the virus?
(a) Zebras.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Hippos.

12. To whom does Ralph sell his company?
(a) Roelof Zeederberg.
(b) Cecil Rhodes.
(c) Leander Jameson.
(d) Aaron Fagan.

13. What animals are drawing the soldiers' transport carts?
(a) Zebra.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Mules.
(d) Oxen.

14. What is the name of Robyn's only son?
(a) Robert.
(b) James.
(c) Ryan.
(d) John.

15. Who do the Matabele refer to as One-Bright-Eye?
(a) Cecil Rhodes.
(b) Leander Jameson.
(c) Ralph Ballantyne.
(d) Mungo St. John.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. 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?

4. In preparation for their attack, who tells Bazo who is staying at the Khami Mission?

5. As Ralph heads to Johannesburg, what does he leave behind for Cathy?

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