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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, The Missionary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three European nations battle for control of Malacca in Chapter Three?
(a) England, Holland, and France.
(b) Portugal, Holland, and England.
(c) Portugal, Italy, and Holland.
(d) England, Germany, and Spain.

2. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?
(a) Captain Nicholas Smallwood.
(b) Karel Van Doorn.
(c) Jonathan Maxwell.
(d) Willem Van Doorn.

3. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?
(a) Clay bowls and pitchers.
(b) Gourds.
(c) Rhinoceros horns.
(d) Ostrich eggs.

4. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?
(a) Wilhelmina Heimstra.
(b) Louisa Kennedy.
(c) Helga Linnart.
(d) A slave girl named Deborah.

5. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?
(a) A Dutch politician.
(b) Karel Van Doorn.
(c) A Dutch merchant.
(d) Two wealthy Dutch widows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Saltwood is elected to parliament in Chapter Six?

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

3. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?

4. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?

5. What is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?

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