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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. Why does Piet Krause take the school children and their families to Waterval-Boven?
(a) To see a trainload of Chinese workers being repatriated.
(b) To visit the museum there.
(c) To see the waterfall near the town.
(d) For a picnic.

2. What country does Detleef Van Door tour as an athlete, representing his country on the Springbok team?
(a) China.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) America.

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

4. What does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to return to France and secretly bring back to him?
(a) Cuttings from five hundred French grape vines.
(b) A stolen ruby.
(c) Love letters from a French countess.
(d) A political document involving the French king.

5. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?
(a) Karel Van Doorn.
(b) A Dutch merchant.
(c) A Dutch politician.
(d) Two wealthy Dutch widows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?

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 takes every opportunity to remind the Dutch survivors of the war about the mistreatment of the English?

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

5. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?

(see the answer key)

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