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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. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?
(a) Willem Van Doorn.
(b) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(c) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(d) Hendrik Van Doorn.

2. 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?
(a) Sybilla DeGroot.
(b) Jakob Van Doorn.
(c) Maud Saltwood.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

3. Why are the mine owners forcing white Afrikaners out of the mines in Chapter Twelve?
(a) They are mechanizing the mines and need less miners.
(b) They are hiring Chinese miners instead.
(c) To hire black miners at lower wages.
(d) The mines are going out of business.

4. Which Saltwood is elected to parliament in Chapter Six?
(a) Nicholas.
(b) Richard.
(c) Peter.
(d) Josiah.

5. What is Kharu's role in the tribe?
(a) She's the tribal shaman.
(b) She is the tribe's goat herder.
(c) She makes the poison for the arrows.
(d) She is the tribal healer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which tribal leader causes as much death, devastation, and forced migration as Shaka?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?

5. What kind of shelters do Gumsto's clan members make for their dwellings?

(see the answer key)

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