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

2. What are amaholi?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Healers.
(d) Slaves.

3. What animals are drawing the soldiers' transport carts?
(a) Oxen.
(b) Zebra.
(c) Mules.
(d) Elephants.

4. Who does Bazo assign to kill Zouga and Louise?
(a) Nkosi.
(b) Suku.
(c) Gandang.
(d) Bakela.

5. What does Ralph give Jonathon for his birthday?
(a) A dog.
(b) A book.
(c) A horse.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the three women walk towards Gandang's kraal, what do they notice is missing from the land?

2. As Juba travels from Robyn's back to her husband's kraal, how many attendants accompany her?

3. What present does Victoria give to Cecil Rhodes from her mother?

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

5. When Ralph tells Harry to take the women to Bulawayo alone, where does Ralph head to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wankie want a wagon?

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

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

4. Why does Ruth convert to Christianity?

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

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

7. When the lion pounces on Jan Cheroot and his horse, how does Jan Cheroot survive?

8. Where is Wankie's country located?

9. As Jan Cheroot and Zouga debate how many days Zouga had originally marched east from the ruins, why do the two men disagree on what the actual number of days is?

10. When Ralph, Jan Cheroot, and Zouga are searching the land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers, why is Ralph bored?

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