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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?
(a) Wilhelmina Heimstra.
(b) Louisa Kennedy.
(c) A slave girl named Deborah.
(d) Helga Linnart.

2. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?
(a) He can make more money in Zimbabwe.
(b) The journey back home would be too perilous.
(c) He has fallen in love with a woman from Zimbabwe.
(d) Zimbabwe is more exciting than his village.

3. Who becomes governor of Java in Chapter Three?
(a) Captain Nicholas Smallwood.
(b) Willem Van Doorn.
(c) Karel Van Doorn.
(d) Jonathan Maxwell.

4. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.
(b) He buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.
(c) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.
(d) He wins it in a card game.

5. What punishment does the governor of Java impose on slaves who try to escape?
(a) Public whipping.
(b) Mutilation.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) A hefty fine.

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

7. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, for what tribal problem does the diviner think Ndela is responsible?
(a) The drought over their land.
(b) The scarcity of game for them to hunt.
(c) The sickness of their cattle.
(d) The flooding of their land.

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

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

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

11. How many members are in Gumsto's clan?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Seventy-five.

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

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

14. What is a Trekboer?
(a) A nomadic farmer or cattle herder.
(b) A Dutch sailor.
(c) A Dutch bride.
(d) A member of the Trekboer family.

15. Who inspires Hilary Saltwood to become a missionary?
(a) Karel Van Doorn.
(b) Josiah Saltwood.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) Simon Keer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?

2. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?

3. Whose teachings do French Huguenots follow?

4. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?

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

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