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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. Who encourages Detlev Van Doorn to change his name to Detleef in Chapter Eleven to better reflect his country?
(a) Paulus DeGroot.
(b) Johanna Van Doorn.
(c) Piet Krause.
(d) Maria Steyn, daughter of commando Christoffel Steyn.

2. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?
(a) That he be buried in Holland.
(b) That his grandchildren never go to war with the Hottentots.
(c) That his children prosper.
(d) That his wife remarry.

3. Which of the following is not a law Detleef helps pass once he's in parliament?
(a) Laws legalizing segregation of the races in South Africa.
(b) Laws demanding military service for all men.
(c) Laws against interracial marriages.
(d) Laws removing voting rights from people of mixed race.

4. What does the Black Circuit commission investigate?
(a) Misconduct of African slaves.
(b) Charges of cruelty toward and murder of native Africans.
(c) The treatment of women.
(d) Charges of financial misconduct.

5. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?
(a) The king's daughter.
(b) Zeolani.
(c) A rich Arab widow.
(d) His granddaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nxumalo's father Ndela do to arouse the suspicion of the tribe's diviner?

2. What conditions does Micah Nxumalo show Detleef that the black miners are facing?

3. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?

4. For what is Moses Nxumalo stopped by the police?

5. Which of the following does not describe the way the Broderbond works?

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