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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Zimbabwe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Nineteen or twenty.
(d) Thirty.

2. 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?
(a) Clay pots filled with water.
(b) Gold.
(c) At least three granite bricks.
(d) Fresh zebra meat.

3. In Chapter Two, who promises to wait for Nxumalo to return from Zimbabwe and then marry him?
(a) Lilia.
(b) Nagi.
(c) Zeolani.
(d) Yzit.

4. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

5. At what is Gumsto a master?
(a) Painting on cave walls and rocks.
(b) Tracking antelope and other game.
(c) Using a bow and arrows.
(d) Using a spear.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?

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

3. What work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?

4. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?

5. At what age do the women in Gumsto's tribe marry?

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