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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. How do Hilary and his wife die?
(a) They die of cholera.
(b) They burn in a fire.
(c) They are murdered.
(d) They drown in a shipwreck.

2. Which Saltwood goes to India with the army in Chapter Six?
(a) Peter.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Richard.
(d) Josiah.

3. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) He wins it in a card game.
(b) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.
(c) He buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.
(d) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.

4. What is Paul de Prè skilled at growing?
(a) Barley.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Wheat.

5. Why are farmers living in squalor in the city when Detleef visits it in Chapter Twelve?
(a) The Zulus burned their crops.
(b) The English burned their crops.
(c) Drought has forced them off their land.
(d) Their crops were destroyed by insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cecil Rhodes' dream in Chapter Nine?

2. At what is Gumsto a master?

3. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?

4. What is the name of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, what has Nxumalo been raised to believe about the chief of his tribe?

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