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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ralph goes to short sell two companies, how many shares of each company does Ralph want to trade?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Two hundred thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the plague that strikes the with a vengeance and kills oxen and cattle?
(a) Ruminants.
(b) Rindepest.
(c) Renderlis.
(d) Randipent.

7. 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.

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

9. When Ralph reaches Johannesburg, he goes to check on his gun shipment. What are the guns shipped in?
(a) Diamond pouches.
(b) Fabric crates.
(c) Oil barrels.
(d) Livestock cars.

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

11. What percentage of the profits from Harkness Mine will go to Cecil's company?
(a) 50%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 75%.

12. As the Umlimo is giving her prophesies, what type of creature is crawling over her body?
(a) A cricket.
(b) A spider.
(c) A snake.
(d) A scorpion.

13. When Ralph is summoned to King's Lynn, who is NOT waiting for him?
(a) Cecil Rhodes.
(b) Percy Fitzpatrick.
(c) Mungo St. John.
(d) Robyn St. John.

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

15. According to the Matabele, what is the only true form of wealth?
(a) Gold.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Children.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bazo assign to kill Zouga and Louise?

2. What are amaholi?

3. Who is the Chief Native Commissioner in Matabeleland?

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

5. When Cathy's sisters finally arrive at the camp, who does Victoria greet first?

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