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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Education of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nxumalo's father Ndela do to arouse the suspicion of the tribe's diviner?
(a) He draws in the dirt with a sharply pointed stick.
(b) He flirts with the diviner's daughter.
(c) He hums to himself.
(d) He whistles.

2. When a new teacher opens a school in Venloo in Chapter Eleven, who is sent there to get a formal education in English?
(a) Johanna Van Doorn.
(b) Detlev Van Doorn.
(c) Adriaan DeGroot.
(d) Maria Steyn.

3. Which Van Doorns survive the war with England?
(a) Jakob's children, Detlev and Johanna.
(b) Jakob and his wife Sara.
(c) Sara Van Doorn and her children, Detlev and Johanna.
(d) Sara Van Doorn and her son, Detlev.

4. Which tribal leader causes as much death, devastation, and forced migration as Shaka?
(a) Mzilikazi.
(b) Dingane.
(c) Mhlangana.
(d) Nxumalo.

5. What does General JBM Hertzog's speech in Chapter Eleven involve?
(a) Repatriating the Chinese.
(b) Education in Afrikaans.
(c) Going into battle again to defeat the English.
(d) South Africa as a self-governed land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nxumalo leave his tribe, the Sixolobo?

2. Who says that in order to beat the English, the Dutch must first be educated the way they are to have the tools with which to overcome them?

3. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?

4. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

5. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

(see the answer key)

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