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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) Afonso de Albuquerque.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Vasco da Gama.
(d) Prince Henry the Navigator.

2. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?
(a) Rhinoceros horns.
(b) Gourds.
(c) Ostrich eggs.
(d) Clay bowls and pitchers.

3. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?
(a) She is their housekeeper.
(b) She is their seamstress.
(c) She is their cook.
(d) She is their governess.

4. Who is sent to the south to see if the Dutch families there can be counted on to join the Dutch families in the north if fighting breaks out between the English and the Dutch?
(a) Paulus DeGroot.
(b) Sybilla DeGroot.
(c) Maud Saltwood.
(d) Jakob Van Doorn.

5. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?
(a) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(b) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(c) Hilary Saltwood.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is discovered about Petra's father as a result of Mrs. Van Valck's actions?

2. With whom does Philip fall in love while in Africa?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, who thinks a confrontation between the Dutch and the English is inevitable?

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

5. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?

(see the answer key)

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