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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, The Trekboers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Naoka's first husband die?
(a) A rhinoceros kills him.
(b) He dies of a fever.
(c) Gumsto murders him.
(d) He drowns.

2. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Vasco da Gama.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Afonso de Albuquerque.

3. Why does Naoka initially reject Gao as a prospective husband?
(a) He hasn't yet killed an eland to prove his prowess at hunting.
(b) Her sister is in love with him.
(c) He's too bashful.
(d) He's too old for her.

4. 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 buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.
(c) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.
(d) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.

5. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?
(a) Antelope hides.
(b) Cloth they wove.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?

2. What is a Trekboer?

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

4. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

5. At what is Gumsto a master?

(see the answer key)

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