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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a Trekboer?
(a) A member of the Trekboer family.
(b) A Dutch sailor.
(c) A Dutch bride.
(d) A nomadic farmer or cattle herder.

3. With whom does Philip fall in love while in Africa?
(a) Kathryn Troxel.
(b) Sannie Van Doorn.
(c) Carrie Nxumalo.
(d) Angelina Troxel.

4. What nation establishes the United East India Company or Jan Company?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) France.
(d) England.

5. Which of the following does not describe Tjaart Van Doorn's situation at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) He is a widower.
(b) His family is happy and thriving.
(c) His sheep and cattle are healthy.
(d) His neighbors like and respect him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?

2. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?

3. What does General JBM Hertzog's speech in Chapter Eleven involve?

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

5. What situation in 1453 makes it imperative for Prince Henry to reach his goals in Africa?

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