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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?
(a) She is a slave girl.
(b) She is eager to leave her home when Adriaan proposes.
(c) She is strong-willed.
(d) She is a redhead.

2. At what age do the women in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twenty.

3. How does Richard Saltwood earn the name Cupid in Chapter Nine?
(a) He arranges marriages for his Boer neighbors.
(b) He helps the German recruits take wives with them to Africa.
(c) He brings a minister to town to perform marriages.
(d) He helps unmarried Englishmen find wives in Africa.

4. What is Pik Prinsloo's professon?
(a) He is a licensed diamond digger.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a physician.
(d) He is an architect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?

2. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?

3. 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?

4. What is Cecil Rhodes' dream in Chapter Nine?

5. How many Voortrekkers face the twelve thousand Zulus in battle at Blood River in 1838?

(see the answer key)

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