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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 old is Heather Botha in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty three.
(d) Fifteen.

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

3. Which of the following wildlife is not seen at the lake at the beginning of Chapter One?
(a) Two female lions.
(b) A herd of eland.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) A herd of zebra and a rhinoceros.

4. What does Gumsto suggest to help ensure the success of the San tribe's hunt when they are starving, in Chapter One?
(a) A special ritual to seek the gods' blessing.
(b) Enlisting the help of lions.
(c) Using sacred arrows.
(d) Burning the grass around the eland to trap it.

5. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?
(a) A chunk of gold.
(b) A diamond.
(c) Three iron ingots from Phalaborwa.
(d) A pot of soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Detlev Van Doorn to change his name to Detleef in Chapter Eleven to better reflect his country?

2. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?

3. Who does Heather date?

4. Why does Piet Krause take the school children and their families to Waterval-Boven?

5. Why does Paul de Prè relocate his family to Amsterdam?

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