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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, Achievement of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1857, what does the Xhosa prophet, Nonqause, inaccurately predict?
(a) That rain will fall to end the longstanding drought.
(b) That the Russians will help the Xhosa defeat the English.
(c) That a disease will wipe out the Dutch Boers.
(d) That the Xhosa will defeat the Zulus.

2. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty-three.

3. Who becomes a "media darling" during the Boer War?
(a) Sybilla DeGroot.
(b) Paulus DeGroot.
(c) Jakob Van Doorn.
(d) Micah Nxumalo.

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

5. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) Vasco da Gama.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Afonso de Albuquerque.
(d) Prince Henry the Navigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?

2. What does Gumsto suggest to help ensure the success of the San tribe's hunt when they are starving, in Chapter One?

3. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?

4. How do the Hottentots and Bushmen respond to the new law passed at the beginning of Chapter Eight?

5. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?

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