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

2. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?
(a) Gourds.
(b) Rhinoceros horns.
(c) Ostrich eggs.
(d) Clay bowls and pitchers.

3. When the Crimean War causes a reduction in enlistments in the British army, from where do the British recruit new soldiers?
(a) The Zulus.
(b) The Xhosa.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?
(a) Zimbabwe is more exciting than his village.
(b) He has fallen in love with a woman from Zimbabwe.
(c) He can make more money in Zimbabwe.
(d) The journey back home would be too perilous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent to the south to see if the Dutch families there can be counted on to join the Dutch families in the north if fighting breaks out between the English and the Dutch?

2. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?

3. Which of Captain Saltwood's crew members does Willem Van Doorn befriend?

4. What does General JBM Hertzog's speech in Chapter Eleven involve?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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