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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. On the way to the Khami Mission, where do the two men in the Land Rover stop first?
(a) The church.
(b) The tavern.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The inn.

2. Where does Ralph find his son?
(a) At Harkness Mine.
(b) At Khami Mission.
(c) In Kimberley.
(d) In Bulawayo.

3. Instead of immediately attacking Khami Mission, Gandang and his men wait for another to come along. Who are they waiting for?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mungo.
(c) Zouga.
(d) Ralph.

4. When Robyn wants to go back to bed after her warning in the middle of the night, who tries, but ultimately fails, to convince Robyn that they need to heed the warning and travel to Bulawayo?
(a) Mungo.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Jonathon.
(d) Ralph.

5. Who has been chosen to command the imperial troops heading to Bulawayo?
(a) Roelof Zeederberg.
(b) Aaron Fagan.
(c) Frederick Carrington.
(d) Frank Rhodes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of detention did Leila serve "at the pleasure of the Rhodesian government"?

2. How long after Roland requests his navigator does the navigator parachute in to Roland's position?

3. At his trial, how long is Zouga sentenced to serve in prison?

4. When Samson is awakened in the middle of the night by bright lights and voices insisting they come out of the house, who is on the front lawn?

5. When Tungata changes into new clothes at the hospital, what does his name tag read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cecil Rhodes's final act?

2. When Tungata Zebiwe's bus is boarded at a roadblock, why does Tungata fear that his forged employment papers might not be enough to get him through the roadblock?

3. As Ralph makes his way back to Cathy, why is locomotive driver terrified?

4. Why does Jonathon love to haggle?

5. Why is Craig Mellow embarrassed when he walks into the museum and is greeted by the woman behind the inquiries desk?

6. Describe one of Bawu's Claymores.

7. When Craig's companion is asked to describe Robyn St. John, how is Robyn described?

8. As his navigator is trying to create a safe path through the minefield, why does Roland insist on telling the navigator the gruesome details about the attack on Janine?

9. When the two men insist that Samson must join them, why does Samson agree even though he abhors violence and war?

10. As Jordan and Zouga take their leave of each other, Jordan has one final question for Zouga before Zouga heads back to Bulawayo. What does Jordan ask his father?

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