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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. Who takes every opportunity to remind the Dutch survivors of the war about the mistreatment of the English?
(a) Micah Nxumalo.
(b) Christoffel Steyn.
(c) Jakob Van Doorn.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

2. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?
(a) Mpepha.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Shaka.
(d) Mqalane.

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

4. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?
(a) That his wife remarry.
(b) That his grandchildren never go to war with the Hottentots.
(c) That his children prosper.
(d) That he be buried in Holland.

5. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?
(a) The drought over their land.
(b) The sickness of their cattle.
(c) The flooding of their land.
(d) The scarcity of game for them to hunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?

2. When the English teacher is replaced, in what language does the new teacher educate the children?

3. What does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to return to France and secretly bring back to him?

4. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?

5. What does General JBM Hertzog's speech in Chapter Eleven involve?

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