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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 is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?
(a) Weaving cloth.
(b) Catching fish.
(c) Painting.
(d) Farming.

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

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

4. What kind of shelters do Gumsto's clan members make for their dwellings?
(a) Grass thrown across a framework of interlocked saplings.
(b) Tents made of animal hides.
(c) One-room brick abodes.
(d) Mud and straw huts.

5. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?
(a) That his wife remarry.
(b) That his children prosper.
(c) That he be buried in Holland.
(d) That his grandchildren never go to war with the Hottentots.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members are in Gumsto's clan?

2. What do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn help Dr. Nels Linnart collect?

3. What does Rebecca's father do for a living in Chaper Five?

4. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?

5. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?

(see the answer key)

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