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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. Who is Mzilikazi?
(a) Bazo's grandfather.
(b) Jan's grandfather.
(c) Zouga's grandfather.
(d) Gandang's grandfather.

2. As the three women walk towards Gandang's kraal, what do they notice is missing from the land?
(a) Trees.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Tents.
(d) Children.

3. At Khami Mission, who tells the girls that hundreds of soldiers are riding past the church?
(a) Old Mack.
(b) Old Moses.
(c) Old Abe.
(d) Old Bart.

4. What is the name of Gandang's most senior wife?
(a) Manatassi.
(b) Tanase.
(c) Juba.
(d) Babiaan.

5. Who plans the development and extraction of the minerals at the mine?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Zouga.
(c) Harry.
(d) Jan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves Cathy and Ralph's camp because they cannot stand any more of Cecil Rhodes?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a son of King Lobengula?

4. What are amaholi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ruth convert to Christianity?

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

4. According to what Bazo tells Ralph, why are some of Bazo's men not coming to work the mines as Bazo originally promised to Ralph?

5. Describe the scene around Cathy and Ralph's camp after the plague had passed.

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

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

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

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

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

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