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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. 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) Forty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Ten years.

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

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) 3,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,000.

4. What is Ralph looking for in Wankie's country?
(a) Coal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Diamonds.

5. What are Zouga, Ralph, and Jan Cheroot searching the land for?
(a) Yellow diamonds.
(b) White gold.
(c) Blue diamonds.
(d) Red gold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the estate where Zouga lives?

3. Who do the Matabele refer to as One-Bright-Eye?

4. According to what Cecil Rhodes tells Jordan, what is the most important asset of any nation?

5. What is the praise name that the Matabele have given to Zouga Ballantyne?

Short Essay Questions

1. While Ralph and Wankie are talking Bazo comes up behind Ralph and accuses Ralph of lying to him. What reason did Ralph give Bazo for their trek?

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

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

4. Where is Wankie's country located?

5. When Tanase greets Bazo as he is returning to Gandang's kraal, she calls Bazo a name that makes Bazo uncomfortable. Why does the name make Bazo uncomfortable?

6. As the Matabele men prepare to carry out their killings, what is Tanase's primary job?

7. Why is Gandang so sure that the old times will come again even as his most senior wife tries to convince him that the Matabele has to change as the world has changed?

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

9. Why does Robyn eventually publish "Trooper Hackett of Matabeleland" with her own money?

10. Why does Wankie want a wagon?

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