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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. When Nxumalo gains the king's attention, what new job is he given?
(a) Supervision of the gold mines.
(b) Head scribe.
(c) Physician.
(d) Dream interpreter.

2. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Holland.
(d) Germany.

3. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?
(a) To escape the religious persecution of the Catholic Church.
(b) To escape imprisonment for a crime he's committed.
(c) To marry a Dutch widow.
(d) To start a business.

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

5. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?
(a) John Calvin's.
(b) The Catholic Church's.
(c) Buddha's.
(d) Martin Luther's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?

2. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?

3. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want to find the city of Ophir?

4. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?

5. Why do Seena Van Doorn and her daughter-in-law come into conflict?

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