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

2. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?
(a) She is a slave girl.
(b) She is a redhead.
(c) She is strong-willed.
(d) She is eager to leave her home when Adriaan proposes.

3. How does Gao prove his bravery during the hunt?
(a) He attacks the eland with his bare hands.
(b) He risks his safety to help his father fight the lions.
(c) He approaches a herd of antelope without assistance.
(d) He approaches the biggest antelope and spears it.

4. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?
(a) Shaka's half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana.
(b) The San tribe.
(c) Mzilikazi.
(d) The Bantu tribe.

5. What does Frank Saltwood discover about Zimbabwe in Chapter Nine?
(a) It has been burned by the Zulus.
(b) It is filled with diamonds.
(c) It was built by native Africans, which negates Cecil's theory.
(d) It has been seized by the Portuguese.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?

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

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

5. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?

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