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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. Where do Harry and Victoria originally plan to travel to for their honeymoon?
(a) Khami.
(b) Harkness Mine.
(c) Kimberley.
(d) Cape Town.

2. What is the praise name that the Matabele have given to Zouga Ballantyne?
(a) Zimba.
(b) Bazo.
(c) Henshaw.
(d) Bakela.

3. Who cuts the telegraph lines to prevent word of the plague reaching Cecil Rhodes?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Zouga.
(c) Jan Cheroot.
(d) Bazo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mungo St. John breaks into Juba's tent in the middle of the night, what does Juba call Mungo?

2. How many children does Gandang have with his most senior wife?

3. At Khami Mission, who tells the girls that hundreds of soldiers are riding past the church?

4. As the story opens, how many days have the men marched east from the ruins?

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

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

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

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

5. Where is Wankie's country located?

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

7. According to Hammond, what is the first objective in course of action that has been decided on?

8. Ralph is told a story about why there is smoke rising. The story is a lie. What is the real reason for the smoke?

9. How does Bazo reply when the indunas ask when the "great storm" will begin?

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

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