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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIV, Diamonds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do black miners have to work before they can apply to have their families join them?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

2. In 1857, what does the Xhosa prophet, Nonqause, inaccurately predict?
(a) That the Russians will help the Xhosa defeat the English.
(b) That a disease will wipe out the Dutch Boers.
(c) That the Xhosa will defeat the Zulus.
(d) That rain will fall to end the longstanding drought.

3. How does Richard Saltwood help the Xhosa in Chapter Nine?
(a) He petitions the government to allow them to vote.
(b) He sends the English army to help them fight the Zulus.
(c) He feeds and shelters them when they're starving.
(d) He gives them money to buy land from the Boers.

4. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Antelope hides.
(d) Cloth they wove.

5. When the principal of the high school takes Mrs. Van Valck to the classroom to observe her daughter and Petra in class, what does Mrs. Van Valck decide?
(a) That her daughter bullies Petra.
(b) That Petra has black blood.
(c) That Petra is a very intelligent girl.
(d) That Petra bullies her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment is Heather given for breaking the law?

2. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

3. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?

4. Who does Tjaart Van Doorn marry when his first wife, Jakoba, dies?

5. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?

(see the answer key)

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