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

4. Who leaves Cathy and Ralph's camp because they cannot stand any more of Cecil Rhodes?
(a) Louise.
(b) Jan.
(c) Robyn.
(d) Zouga.

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

6. According to what Ralph tells Cathy, what is a bottle of whiskey worth in Bulawayo?
(a) Eight pounds.
(b) Three pounds.
(c) Ten pounds.
(d) One pound.

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

8. What is the name of the distant blue summit shaped like a crouching lion that Zouga uses as a marker?
(a) The Beast.
(b) The Way.
(c) The King.
(d) The Sentinel.

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

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

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

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

13. As Mungo heads back to the mission to warn the others of the ominous sky, what becomes suddenly oppressive?
(a) The noise.
(b) The heat.
(c) The sun.
(d) The stillness.

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

15. When Bazo and Ralph part, when does Bazo tell Ralph that the two men will meet again?
(a) After the morning dews.
(b) After the great storms.
(c) After the crow flies.
(d) After the thunderous claps.

Short Answer 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?

2. What animal comes to represent the beautiful and wild land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers for Ralph Ballantyne?

3. What is Ralph looking for in Wankie's country?

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

5. Who is Gandang's son?

(see the answer keys)

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