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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. What does Mfecane mean?
(a) Death.
(b) The great warrior.
(c) The crushing.
(d) Blessings of the gods.

2. Which of Captain Saltwood's crew members does Willem Van Doorn befriend?
(a) Jan, a Dutchman.
(b) Francois, a French Huguenot.
(c) Captain Saltwood himself.
(d) Jack, a San tribesman.

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

4. What work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?
(a) Become a carpenter.
(b) Become a scribe.
(c) Build the wall around the city.
(d) Farm.

5. Which of the following does not describe the way the Broderbond works?
(a) They infiltrate politics and business.
(b) They put themselves into decision making positions.
(c) They infiltrate schools and railways.
(d) They publicize their activities in newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks the Voortrekker wagons and kills the Lukas De Groot camp?

2. What does Frank Saltwood discover about Zimbabwe in Chapter Nine?

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

4. Who is the first white man Hilary Saltwood meets while building his church?

5. Who are the first Trekboers to encounter members of the Xhosa tribe?

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