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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the estate where Zouga lives?
(a) King's Lynn.
(b) Kimberley Club.
(c) Khami Mission.
(d) Queen's Lynn.

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

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

4. 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) Bakela.
(d) Henshaw.

5. 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) Bees.
(c) Fires.
(d) Pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gandang's most senior wife?

2. What percentage of the profits from Harkness Mine will go to Cecil's company?

3. Where do Harry and Victoria originally plan to travel to for their honeymoon?

4. When Jan Cheroot is lowered into the mine shaft, what does he find in the little cave?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ralph returns home to find his wife upset by Cecil Rhodes, what does Cathy complain that Cecil Rhodes has taken over?

2. How did Ralph originally find the ancients ruins the first time he had ever visited the area?

3. Even though Gandang does not like Robyn, he does respect her. Why?

4. When Ralph first sees the man who steps suddenly from the forest, what reason is Ralph given for the smoke he sees?

5. How does Ralph feel when he first sees the man who steps suddenly from the forest?

6. Why does Tanase not want to go to Ralph's camp for the night so that Ralph and Bazo can catch up?

7. How does Robyn explain to Juba her reasons for studying her chosen disease?

8. What will the role of the mujiba be in the great storm?

9. What does Ralph think to himself when Zouga's rifle shot does not find its target, but goes low and left?

10. To Ralph and Zouga, what is the worst kind of vermin found on the African plains and why?

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