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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, Achievement of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the response of the Dutch families in the south to the inquiry about their willingness to unite with the Dutch families in the north against the English?
(a) They readily agree to fight the English.
(b) They support the English.
(c) They are already actively fighting the English.
(d) They want to remain neutral in any conflict.

2. What law do the English pass at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) A law requiring mandatory military service for all men.
(b) A law prohibiting the Dutch from voting.
(c) A law giving black South Africans the same rights as whites.
(d) A law making cattle theft punishable by death.

3. What is Frank Saltwood's relationship to Richard Saltwood?
(a) He's Richard's brother.
(b) He's Richard's cousin.
(c) He's Richard's son.
(d) He's Richard's grandson.

4. What kind of shelters do Gumsto's clan members make for their dwellings?
(a) Grass thrown across a framework of interlocked saplings.
(b) Tents made of animal hides.
(c) Mud and straw huts.
(d) One-room brick abodes.

5. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?
(a) He's the leader of the clan.
(b) Naoka's father promises her to him to repay a debt.
(c) He's the richest man in the clan.
(d) He's the handsomest man in the clan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who are the Venloo Commandos?

4. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

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

(see the answer key)

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