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

2. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?
(a) She is their governess.
(b) She is their cook.
(c) She is their housekeeper.
(d) She is their seamstress.

3. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.
(b) He buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.
(c) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.
(d) He wins it in a card game.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nxumalo's father Ndela do to arouse the suspicion of the tribe's diviner?

2. From what foreign country are laborers brought in Chapter Eleven to work in the mines?

3. What happens when Mzilikazi stands up to Shaka?

4. Who encourages Detlev Van Doorn to change his name to Detleef in Chapter Eleven to better reflect his country?

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

(see the answer key)

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