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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 does Gumsto suggest to help ensure the success of the San tribe's hunt when they are starving, in Chapter One?
(a) Enlisting the help of lions.
(b) Burning the grass around the eland to trap it.
(c) Using sacred arrows.
(d) A special ritual to seek the gods' blessing.

2. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?
(a) His granddaughter.
(b) The king's daughter.
(c) Zeolani.
(d) A rich Arab widow.

3. What do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn help Dr. Nels Linnart collect?
(a) Plants and flowers.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Insects.

4. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?
(a) A gold vein underneath the lake.
(b) Pollution by Dutch settlers.
(c) An overgrowth of algae.
(d) A drought.

5. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?
(a) To work in the barley fields.
(b) To perform domestic tasks like cooking.
(c) To build the city's temples.
(d) To work the gold mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?

2. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?

3. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?

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

5. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

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