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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Daniel Nxumalo arrested in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Speaking about politics in public.
(b) Forgery.
(c) Public intoxication.
(d) Theft.

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

3. With which side do many blacks fight during the Boer wars?
(a) The French.
(b) The English.
(c) The Portuguese.
(d) The Dutch.

4. How does Richard Saltwood earn the name Cupid in Chapter Nine?
(a) He helps the German recruits take wives with them to Africa.
(b) He brings a minister to town to perform marriages.
(c) He helps unmarried Englishmen find wives in Africa.
(d) He arranges marriages for his Boer neighbors.

5. What is the name of Richard Saltwood's South African estate?
(a) Santa Rosa.
(b) Trianon.
(c) De Kraal.
(d) Brierly.

6. What law does Heather Botha break?
(a) She dates white men and she is of mixed racial heritage.
(b) She steals.
(c) She murders her boss.
(d) She sells drugs.

7. What legal step does Mrs. Van Valck take concerning Petra?
(a) She files a lawsuit against the school.
(b) She files a lawsuit against Petra's teacher.
(c) She asks for a sample of Petra's DNA.
(d) She files charges to initiate an investigation of Petra's race.

8. Who becomes a "media darling" during the Boer War?
(a) Sybilla DeGroot.
(b) Paulus DeGroot.
(c) Jakob Van Doorn.
(d) Micah Nxumalo.

9. What sport do the Troxel brothers love?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Basketball.

10. How long do black miners have to work before they can apply to have their families join them?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

11. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, who thinks a confrontation between the Dutch and the English is inevitable?
(a) Dingane.
(b) Richard Saltwood.
(c) Paulus DeGroot.
(d) Tjaart Van Doorn.

12. 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) Paulus DeGroot.
(b) Sybilla DeGroot.
(c) Maud Saltwood.
(d) Jakob Van Doorn.

13. Which of the following is not a disease prevalent in the English concentration camps?
(a) Measles.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Dysentery.

14. Who declares war on October 10, 1899?
(a) The Boers.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) The Zulus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the Venloo Commandos?

2. In 1857, what does the Xhosa prophet, Nonqause, inaccurately predict?

3. Why does Detleef refuse to accept the blue ribbon for his prize bull?

4. Who does Heather date?

5. Which of the following is not a condition in the English concentration camps?

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