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

2. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?
(a) To work in the barley fields.
(b) To work the gold mines.
(c) To perform domestic tasks like cooking.
(d) To build the city's temples.

3. Why does Naoka initially reject Gao as a prospective husband?
(a) Her sister is in love with him.
(b) He's too bashful.
(c) He's too old for her.
(d) He hasn't yet killed an eland to prove his prowess at hunting.

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

5. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?
(a) Captain Nicholas Smallwood.
(b) Jonathan Maxwell.
(c) Willem Van Doorn.
(d) Karel Van Doorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?

2. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?

3. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

4. What work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?

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

(see the answer key)

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