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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of Captain Saltwood's crew members does Willem Van Doorn befriend?
(a) Jan, a Dutchman.
(b) Francois, a French Huguenot.
(c) Captain Saltwood himself.
(d) Jack, a San tribesman.

4. What is Paul de Prè skilled at growing?
(a) Barley.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Wheat.

5. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

6. Which Saltwood goes to India with the army in Chapter Six?
(a) Josiah.
(b) Richard.
(c) Peter.
(d) Nicholas.

7. What nationality is the man who establishes the fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) French.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dutch.

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

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

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

11. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?
(a) A drought.
(b) An overgrowth of algae.
(c) A gold vein underneath the lake.
(d) Pollution by Dutch settlers.

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

13. What does Karel Van Doorn want to do with the secret purchase Paul de Prè brings back from France?
(a) Use it as a dowry for his daughter.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Use it to blackmail an enemy.
(d) Grow grapes and make wine on his South African estate.

14. Where does Captain Nicholas Saltwood build his English estate?
(a) On the river Avon.
(b) In Staffordshire.
(c) In the center of London.
(d) On the Thames river just outside London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Nicholas Saltwood's ship in Chapter Three?

2. To what prosperous trade center does Malacca open access?

3. Which Saltwood is elected to parliament in Chapter Six?

4. What does the Black Circuit commission investigate?

5. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?

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