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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 causes the loss of horses and oxen at the end of Chapter Eight as the Voortrekkers journey to Zimbabwe?
(a) A lion attack.
(b) A Zulu attack on the Voortrekker camp.
(c) A flash flood in which the animals drown.
(d) The tsetse fly.

2. Where does Captain Nicholas Saltwood build his English estate?
(a) On the Thames river just outside London.
(b) In Staffordshire.
(c) On the river Avon.
(d) In the center of London.

3. Who writes the book entitled "The Truth About South Africa", accusing the Dutch Boers of abusing and murdering the native Africans?
(a) Hilary Saltwood.
(b) Simon Keer.
(c) Dr. Nels Linnart.
(d) Lodevicus Van Doorn.

4. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, who thinks a confrontation between the Dutch and the English is inevitable?
(a) Richard Saltwood.
(b) Paulus DeGroot.
(c) Dingane.
(d) Tjaart Van Doorn.

5. How does Richard Saltwood earn the name Cupid in Chapter Nine?
(a) He helps unmarried Englishmen find wives in Africa.
(b) He arranges marriages for his Boer neighbors.
(c) He helps the German recruits take wives with them to Africa.
(d) He brings a minister to town to perform marriages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?

3. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?

4. Why does Naoka initially reject Gao as a prospective husband?

5. What is Cecil Rhodes' dream in Chapter Nine?

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