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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mfecane mean?
(a) The crushing.
(b) Blessings of the gods.
(c) Death.
(d) The great warrior.

2. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?
(a) Mpepha.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Mqalane.
(d) Shaka.

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

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

5. Who is the first white man Hilary Saltwood meets while building his church?
(a) Marthinius Van Doorn.
(b) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(c) Paulus DeGroot.
(d) Adriaan Van Doorn.

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

7. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?
(a) Thin.
(b) Over six feet tall in height.
(c) Yellowish-brown in color.
(d) Extremely wrinkled from a young age.

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

9. At what is Gumsto a master?
(a) Using a spear.
(b) Painting on cave walls and rocks.
(c) Using a bow and arrows.
(d) Tracking antelope and other game.

10. What does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to return to France and secretly bring back to him?
(a) A political document involving the French king.
(b) Cuttings from five hundred French grape vines.
(c) Love letters from a French countess.
(d) A stolen ruby.

11. How does Shaka become leader of the Zulus?
(a) He proves he is a great warrior & is asked to lead the tribe.
(b) He seizes leadership of the tribe once the king dies.
(c) He marries the Zulu queen.
(d) He is elected to the position.

12. What is Prince Henry of Portugal's nickname?
(a) The Prince of Africa.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) The Dark Lion.
(d) The Conqueror.

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

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

15. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?
(a) To reach the riches of the orient.
(b) To attack the Zulus.
(c) To beat the French to China.
(d) To chart new territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?

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

3. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?

4. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?

5. What nationality is the man who establishes the fort at Malacca in 1511?

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