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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. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?
(a) Use it to blackmail an enemy.
(b) Use it as a dowry for his daughter.
(c) Grow grapes and make wine on his South African estate.
(d) Sell it.

2. What is Kharu's role in the tribe?
(a) She is the tribal healer.
(b) She's the tribal shaman.
(c) She is the tribe's goat herder.
(d) She makes the poison for the arrows.

3. What is Prince Henry of Portugal's nickname?
(a) The Dark Lion.
(b) The Prince of Africa.
(c) The Conqueror.
(d) Prince Henry the Navigator.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?

2. When Nxumalo gains the king's attention, what new job is he given?

3. What does the king of Zimbabwe put Nxumalo in charge of moving?

4. At what is Gumsto a master?

5. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?

(see the answer key)

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