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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 work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?
(a) Become a carpenter.
(b) Build the wall around the city.
(c) Become a scribe.
(d) Farm.

2. From what disease does Paul de Prè die?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

4. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

5. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?
(a) Sticks and a few piled rocks.
(b) A cooking fire.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) A patch of burned grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what is Gumsto a master?

2. How does Gao prove his bravery during the hunt?

3. 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?

4. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?

5. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

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