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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the principal of the high school takes Mrs. Van Valck to the classroom to observe her daughter and Petra in class, what does Mrs. Van Valck decide?
(a) That Petra has black blood.
(b) That her daughter bullies Petra.
(c) That Petra bullies her daughter.
(d) That Petra is a very intelligent girl.

2. Who takes every opportunity to remind the Dutch survivors of the war about the mistreatment of the English?
(a) Jakob Van Doorn.
(b) Micah Nxumalo.
(c) Christoffel Steyn.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

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

4. Who does Heather date?
(a) Detleef Van Doorn's son.
(b) Craig Saltwood.
(c) Rooi Van Valck.
(d) Lukas DeGroot.

5. 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 helps unmarried Englishmen find wives in Africa.
(c) He arranges marriages for his Boer neighbors.
(d) He brings a minister to town to perform marriages.

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

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

8. Where does Philip find the diamond pipe for which he has been searching while in Africa?
(a) In a cave on the Nxumalo property.
(b) In the lake on the Van Doorn property.
(c) In a lake on Zulu tribal land.
(d) In a cave on the DeGroot property.

9. What does Frank Saltwood discover about Zimbabwe in Chapter Nine?
(a) It is filled with diamonds.
(b) It has been burned by the Zulus.
(c) It was built by native Africans, which negates Cecil's theory.
(d) It has been seized by the Portuguese.

10. How do the Hottentots and Bushmen respond to the new law passed at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) They steal cattle and raid Dutch farms.
(b) They declare war on the English.
(c) They demand financial restitution for their years of slavery.
(d) They join the English military.

11. What sport does Detleef Van Doorn play?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Baseball.

12. What causes the loss of horses and oxen at the end of Chapter Eight as the Voortrekkers journey to Zimbabwe?
(a) A Zulu attack on the Voortrekker camp.
(b) A flash flood in which the animals drown.
(c) A lion attack.
(d) The tsetse fly.

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

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

15. What punishment is Heather given for breaking the law?
(a) Three months in jail.
(b) One year in prison.
(c) A hefty fine.
(d) She loses her driver's license.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Philip to dinner once he's in Africa?

2. Who does Cecil Rhodes believe built the great city of Zimbabwe?

3. What does Voortrekker mean?

4. Why does Piet Krause take the school children and their families to Waterval-Boven?

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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