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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. What animal comes to represent the beautiful and wild land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers for Ralph Ballantyne?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Giraffe.
(d) Antelope.

7. When Mungo finally reaches the mission, where does he command all of the people to go?
(a) To the fields.
(b) To the tent.
(c) To the barn.
(d) To the basement.

8. Who is Gandang's son?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Bazo.
(c) Tanase.
(d) Zouga.

9. What present does Victoria give to Cecil Rhodes from her mother?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A picture.
(d) A book.

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

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

12. When Cathy goes to the telegraph office to see if a telegraph from Ralph has come, what does she find?
(a) Henderson is dead.
(b) Jonathon is dead.
(c) Isazi is dead.
(d) Braithwaite is dead.

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

14. What does the name of Bazo's son mean?
(a) The Seeker After Justice.
(b) The Seeker of Lost People.
(c) The Seeker After Knowledge.
(d) The Seeker of Truth.

15. Who does Ralph assure that he can deliver fifty guns per week to?
(a) Frank Rhodes.
(b) Aaron Fagan.
(c) Leander Jameson.
(d) Roelof Zeederberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the distant blue summit shaped like a crouching lion that Zouga uses as a marker?

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

3. When Ralph goes to short sell two companies, how many shares of each company does Ralph want to trade?

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

5. When Ralph returns to the mines to check on Harry's work, how many men had Bazo originally promised to work at the mine?

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