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

2. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?
(a) Grow grapes and make wine on his South African estate.
(b) Use it to blackmail an enemy.
(c) Use it as a dowry for his daughter.
(d) Sell it.

3. Why do Seena Van Doorn and her daughter-in-law come into conflict?
(a) Rebecca is a hypochondriac and always feigning illness.
(b) Rebecca is arrogant.
(c) Rebecca is very religious and considers Seena a blasphemer.
(d) Rebecca is lazy.

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 richest man in the clan.
(c) He's the handsomest man in the clan.
(d) He's the leader of the clan.

5. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Steel.
(d) Graphite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the man who establishes the fort at Malacca in 1511?

2. Who writes the book entitled "The Truth About South Africa", accusing the Dutch Boers of abusing and murdering the native Africans?

3. What does the Black Circuit commission investigate?

4. What does Hilary Saltwood name his church?

5. What punishment does the governor of Java impose on slaves who try to escape?

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