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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. What do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn help Dr. Nels Linnart collect?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Plants and flowers.
(c) Insects.
(d) Seashells.

2. 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.

3. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?
(a) An English woman named Julia.
(b) A Dutch woman named Hanneke.
(c) A French woman named Danielle.
(d) A slave girl named Ateh.

4. How many members are in Gumsto's clan?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) One hundred.

5. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?
(a) He's the leader of the clan.
(b) He's the richest man in the clan.
(c) He's the handsomest man in the clan.
(d) Naoka's father promises her to him to repay a debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?

2. At what is Gumsto a master?

3. What is Dr. Nels Linnart's profession?

4. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?

5. What does the king of Zimbabwe put Nxumalo in charge of moving?

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