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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richard Saltwood help the Xhosa in Chapter Nine?
(a) He gives them money to buy land from the Boers.
(b) He feeds and shelters them when they're starving.
(c) He sends the English army to help them fight the Zulus.
(d) He petitions the government to allow them to vote.

2. When a new teacher opens a school in Venloo in Chapter Eleven, who is sent there to get a formal education in English?
(a) Detlev Van Doorn.
(b) Adriaan DeGroot.
(c) Johanna Van Doorn.
(d) Maria Steyn.

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

4. Who does Johanna Van Doorn marry?
(a) Josef Steyn.
(b) Adriaan DeGroot.
(c) Piet Krause, the Afrikaaner teacher.
(d) Jonathan Amberson, the English teacher.

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

6. Who are the Venloo Commandos?
(a) A group of English soldiers who fight the Dutch burghers.
(b) Actors in a play.
(c) A group of Dutch burghers who fight the Zulus.
(d) A group of Dutch burghers who fight the English.

7. Who says that in order to beat the English, the Dutch must first be educated the way they are to have the tools with which to overcome them?
(a) Piet Krause.
(b) Paulus DeGroot.
(c) Micah Nxumalo.
(d) Christoffel Steyn.

8. Which Van Doorns survive the war with England?
(a) Jakob and his wife Sara.
(b) Jakob's children, Detlev and Johanna.
(c) Sara Van Doorn and her children, Detlev and Johanna.
(d) Sara Van Doorn and her son, Detlev.

9. Who invites Philip to dinner once he's in Africa?
(a) Marius Van Doorn.
(b) Frikkie Troxel.
(c) Martin Troxel.
(d) Jason DeGroot.

10. Which of the following is not a consequence Petra and her family suffer due to Mrs. Van Valck's actions?
(a) They are jailed.
(b) They are relocated to a black only neighborhood.
(c) They lose their jobs and are thrown out of their home.
(d) They are labeled "colored".

11. What consequence do the Xhosa people face after taking their actions in response to Nonqause's prophecy?
(a) They lose the battle with the Zulus and are annihilated.
(b) They starve, and hundreds of them die.
(c) They are arrested by the English and imprisoned.
(d) They contract yellow fever and many die.

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

13. What is the size of Pik Prinsloo's big diamond find in the stream?
(a) A two carat diamond.
(b) A four carat diamond.
(c) A five carat diamond.
(d) A six carat diamond.

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

15. What happens to residents of Sophiatown in 1955?
(a) They are evicted due to their race.
(b) The mine in their town closes, putting them out of work.
(c) A tsunami devastates their town.
(d) They are given a parade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conditions does Micah Nxumalo show Detleef that the black miners are facing?

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

3. What interactions do the Voortrekkers have with the Zulu warrior Dingane?

4. What sport does Detleef Van Doorn play?

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

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