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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. From what disease does Paul de Prè die?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

3. What does Mfecane mean?
(a) The crushing.
(b) The great warrior.
(c) Death.
(d) Blessings of the gods.

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

5. How does Shaka become leader of the Zulus?
(a) He is elected to the position.
(b) He marries the Zulu queen.
(c) He seizes leadership of the tribe once the king dies.
(d) He proves he is a great warrior & is asked to lead the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mzilikazi stands up to Shaka?

2. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, what has Nxumalo been raised to believe about the chief of his tribe?

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

4. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?

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

(see the answer key)

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