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

2. What tree do the burghers plant around the Dutch colony to protect their cattle and keep out the rest of Africa?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) An elm tree.
(c) A maple tree.
(d) A bitter almond tree.

3. Which Van Doorn befriends the slave Dikkop in Chapter Five?
(a) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(b) Hendrik Van Doorn.
(c) Rebecca Van Doorn.
(d) Karel Van Doorn.

4. Who are the first Trekboers to encounter members of the Xhosa tribe?
(a) Adriaan Van Doorn and his slave friend Dikkop.
(b) Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn.
(c) Karel and Willem Van Doorn.
(d) Lodevicus and Rebecca Van Doorn.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

3. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?

4. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

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

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