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

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

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

5. Why do Seena Van Doorn and her daughter-in-law come into conflict?
(a) Rebecca is arrogant.
(b) Rebecca is very religious and considers Seena a blasphemer.
(c) Rebecca is a hypochondriac and always feigning illness.
(d) Rebecca is lazy.

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

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

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

9. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?
(a) Naoka's father promises her to him to repay a debt.
(b) He's the handsomest man in the clan.
(c) He's the richest man in the clan.
(d) He's the leader of the clan.

10. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?
(a) A Dutch politician.
(b) Karel Van Doorn.
(c) Two wealthy Dutch widows.
(d) A Dutch merchant.

11. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?
(a) She is strong-willed.
(b) She is eager to leave her home when Adriaan proposes.
(c) She is a slave girl.
(d) She is a redhead.

12. What three European nations battle for control of Malacca in Chapter Three?
(a) Portugal, Italy, and Holland.
(b) England, Germany, and Spain.
(c) Portugal, Holland, and England.
(d) England, Holland, and France.

13. How does Naoka's first husband die?
(a) Gumsto murders him.
(b) He drowns.
(c) A rhinoceros kills him.
(d) He dies of a fever.

14. What work does the Old Seeker tell Nxumalo he must do upon reaching Zimbabwe?
(a) Build the wall around the city.
(b) Farm.
(c) Become a scribe.
(d) Become a carpenter.

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