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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 attacks the Voortrekker wagons and kills the Lukas De Groot camp?
(a) Mziikazi and his Matabele warriors.
(b) The San people.
(c) The Bantus.
(d) Nxumalo.

2. How does Naoka's first husband die?
(a) A rhinoceros kills him.
(b) He dies of a fever.
(c) Gumsto murders him.
(d) He drowns.

3. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?
(a) A French woman named Danielle.
(b) A Dutch woman named Hanneke.
(c) An English woman named Julia.
(d) A slave girl named Ateh.

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

5. What is the name of Richard Saltwood's South African estate?
(a) Trianon.
(b) Brierly.
(c) Santa Rosa.
(d) De Kraal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three European nations battle for control of Malacca in Chapter Three?

2. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?

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

4. What is the name of Captain Nicholas Saltwood's ship in Chapter Three?

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

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