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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, The Huguenots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?
(a) To reach the riches of the orient.
(b) To attack the Zulus.
(c) To chart new territory.
(d) To beat the French to China.

2. What situation in 1453 makes it imperative for Prince Henry to reach his goals in Africa?
(a) Africans have declared war on Portugal.
(b) The Dutch want to invade Portugal.
(c) Muslims control Constantinople and routes to the Orient.
(d) His kingdom is bankrupt.

3. What has the king of Zimbabwe decreed that every man or woman passing the Field of Granite en route to Zimbabwe must take with them to the city?
(a) Fresh zebra meat.
(b) Gold.
(c) Clay pots filled with water.
(d) At least three granite bricks.

4. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?
(a) A patch of burned grass.
(b) A cooking fire.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) Sticks and a few piled rocks.

5. What is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?
(a) Weaving cloth.
(b) Painting.
(c) Catching fish.
(d) Farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?

2. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?

3. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?

4. How does Naoka's first husband die?

5. At what is Gumsto a master?

(see the answer key)

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