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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, The Venloo Commando.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspires the English to pass the new law at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) The murder of a slave by a Dutchman.
(b) A rash of cattle thefts.
(c) Simon Keer's novel about Dutch slaveholders.
(d) A slave uprising.

2. Who leads the Voortrekkers as a general when they battle with the Zulus at Blood River in 1838?
(a) Tjaart Van Doorn.
(b) Mzilikazi.
(c) Andries Pretorius.
(d) Lukas DeGroot.

3. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?
(a) The sickness of their cattle.
(b) The drought over their land.
(c) The scarcity of game for them to hunt.
(d) The flooding of their land.

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

5. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?
(a) John Calvin's.
(b) Martin Luther's.
(c) Buddha's.
(d) The Catholic Church's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

2. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?

3. Who declares war on October 10, 1899?

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

5. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?

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