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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 declares war on October 10, 1899?
(a) The French.
(b) The Boers.
(c) The Zulus.
(d) The English.

2. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?
(a) Wilhelmina Heimstra.
(b) A slave girl named Deborah.
(c) Helga Linnart.
(d) Louisa Kennedy.

3. How many Voortrekkers face the twelve thousand Zulus in battle at Blood River in 1838?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Twenty thousand.
(c) Four hundred and sixty.
(d) One hundred.

4. What does Captain Saltwood name his estate in England?
(a) Villa Rosa.
(b) Starwood.
(c) Sentinels.
(d) Thornberry.

5. Who asks Hilary Saltwood to serve as a character witness for him, and help him defend himself against the Black Circuit commision's charge of cruelty and murder?
(a) Paulus DeGroot.
(b) Dr. Nels Linnart.
(c) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(d) Adriaan Van Doorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?

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

3. What causes the loss of horses and oxen at the end of Chapter Eight as the Voortrekkers journey to Zimbabwe?

4. Who leads the Voortrekkers as a general when they battle with the Zulus at Blood River in 1838?

5. Who becomes a "media darling" during the Boer War?

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