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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered about Petra's father as a result of Mrs. Van Valck's actions?
(a) He is an escaped felon.
(b) He is an expert mathematician.
(c) He has two black ancestors.
(d) He is an embezzler.

2. Who is sent to the south to see if the Dutch families there can be counted on to join the Dutch families in the north if fighting breaks out between the English and the Dutch?
(a) Jakob Van Doorn.
(b) Maud Saltwood.
(c) Paulus DeGroot.
(d) Sybilla DeGroot.

3. With whom does Philip fall in love while in Africa?
(a) Sannie Van Doorn.
(b) Kathryn Troxel.
(c) Carrie Nxumalo.
(d) Angelina Troxel.

4. Why are the mine owners forcing white Afrikaners out of the mines in Chapter Twelve?
(a) The mines are going out of business.
(b) To hire black miners at lower wages.
(c) They are mechanizing the mines and need less miners.
(d) They are hiring Chinese miners instead.

5. How old is Heather Botha in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty three.
(d) Thirty.

6. Who leads the Voortrekkers as a general when they battle with the Zulus at Blood River in 1838?
(a) Lukas DeGroot.
(b) Andries Pretorius.
(c) Mzilikazi.
(d) Tjaart Van Doorn.

7. Why does the woman Philip loves reject his marriage proposal?
(a) She prefers to marry an Afrikaner, and Philip is American.
(b) She is going to be a nun and plans to never marry.
(c) She prefers one of the Troxel boys.
(d) Philip is too poor for her.

8. What is Pik Prinsloo's professon?
(a) He is a physician.
(b) He is a licensed diamond digger.
(c) He is an architect.
(d) He is a teacher.

9. When the English teacher is replaced, in what language does the new teacher educate the children?
(a) English.
(b) Afrikaans.
(c) French.
(d) Portuguese.

10. What does General JBM Hertzog's speech in Chapter Eleven involve?
(a) Repatriating the Chinese.
(b) Going into battle again to defeat the English.
(c) South Africa as a self-governed land.
(d) Education in Afrikaans.

11. Who is the leader of the Venloo Commandos?
(a) Micah Nxumalo.
(b) Christoffel Steyn.
(c) Paulus DeGroot.
(d) Jakob Van Doorn.

12. Why does Piet Krause take the school children and their families to Waterval-Boven?
(a) For a picnic.
(b) To visit the museum there.
(c) To see the waterfall near the town.
(d) To see a trainload of Chinese workers being repatriated.

13. How many Voortrekkers face the twelve thousand Zulus in battle at Blood River in 1838?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Four hundred and sixty.
(d) One hundred.

14. What is Frank Saltwood's relationship to Richard Saltwood?
(a) He's Richard's brother.
(b) He's Richard's son.
(c) He's Richard's grandson.
(d) He's Richard's cousin.

15. Why does Detleef refuse to accept the blue ribbon for his prize bull?
(a) He's angry his sheep didn't win blue ribbons also.
(b) The king will present the ribbon, and he opposes the king.
(c) He is modest and shuns publicity.
(d) He doesn't think his bull deserves to win.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that the 48-page booklet Detleef creates and requires every citizen to carry contains?

2. Which of the following is not a consequence Petra and her family suffer due to Mrs. Van Valck's actions?

3. Why does Mrs. Van Valck become jealous of Petra in Chapter Thirteen?

4. Why are farmers living in squalor in the city when Detleef visits it in Chapter Twelve?

5. From what foreign country are laborers brought in Chapter Eleven to work in the mines?

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