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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Hinduism.

2. What is the name of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) Rose Hills.
(b) Sonora.
(c) De Kraal.
(d) Trianon.

3. In Chapter Two, who promises to wait for Nxumalo to return from Zimbabwe and then marry him?
(a) Nagi.
(b) Yzit.
(c) Zeolani.
(d) Lilia.

4. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty-three.
(d) Fifteen.

5. What does the Old Seeker show Nxumalo and Chief Ngalo after he sees the "heavy earth"?
(a) Silk from China.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A camel.
(d) A golden amulet from Persia.

6. What is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?
(a) Farming.
(b) Catching fish.
(c) Painting.
(d) Weaving cloth.

7. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?
(a) Sarel Van Doorn.
(b) Paul's son Louis.
(c) Hendrik Van Doorn.
(d) Paul's son Henri.

8. Which Van Doorn befriends the slave Dikkop in Chapter Five?
(a) Hendrik Van Doorn.
(b) Rebecca Van Doorn.
(c) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(d) Karel Van Doorn.

9. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?
(a) A patch of burned grass.
(b) Sticks and a few piled rocks.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) A cooking fire.

10. What does Hilary Saltwood name his church?
(a) Christ Chapel.
(b) Bayberry Hill Congregation.
(c) Goshen.
(d) Golan.

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

12. How do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn meet Dr. Nels Linnart from Sweden?
(a) He marries Seena's sister.
(b) His ship wrecks.
(c) He joins their church.
(d) He is the new predikant.

13. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want to find the city of Ophir?
(a) A beautiful queen rules over it, and he wants to wed her.
(b) It's supposed to hide a fountain of youth.
(c) It's supposed to be a city rich in gold.
(d) A special herb grows there that will cure his arthritis.

14. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?
(a) Willem Van Doorn.
(b) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(c) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(d) Hendrik Van Doorn.

15. What kind of shelters do Gumsto's clan members make for their dwellings?
(a) Tents made of animal hides.
(b) One-room brick abodes.
(c) Mud and straw huts.
(d) Grass thrown across a framework of interlocked saplings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mfecane mean?

2. What Englishman documents Shaka's later years?

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

4. When he is a boy, why does Shaka think he will one day be the Zulu chief?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?

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