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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. Who are the Venloo Commandos?
(a) A group of English soldiers who fight the Dutch burghers.
(b) Actors in a play.
(c) A group of Dutch burghers who fight the Zulus.
(d) A group of Dutch burghers who fight the English.

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

3. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?
(a) Rhinoceros horns.
(b) Ostrich eggs.
(c) Clay bowls and pitchers.
(d) Gourds.

4. To where do the English send their prisoners in the Boer Wars?
(a) To prisons in France.
(b) To prisons in Scotland.
(c) To concentration camps.
(d) To farms outside London.

5. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?
(a) To chart new territory.
(b) To attack the Zulus.
(c) To beat the French to China.
(d) To reach the riches of the orient.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what prosperous trade center does Malacca open access?

3. Which Van Doorn befriends the slave Dikkop in Chapter Five?

4. What interactions do the Voortrekkers have with the Zulu warrior Dingane?

5. Where does Captain Nicholas Saltwood build his English estate?

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