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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To what religion does Prince Henry of Portugal wish to convert Africa?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Islam.

4. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?
(a) Adriaan Van Doorn.
(b) Hilary Saltwood.
(c) Lodevicus Van Doorn.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

5. Who inherits the Van Doorn's South African estate after Paul de Prè's death?
(a) Paul's son Henri.
(b) Sarel Van Doorn.
(c) Hendrik Van Doorn.
(d) Paul's son Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king of Zimbabwe put Nxumalo in charge of moving?

2. What kind of shelters do Gumsto's clan members make for their dwellings?

3. Who asks Hilary Saltwood to serve as a character witness for him, and help him defend himself against the Black Circuit commision's charge of cruelty and murder?

4. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?

5. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are white miners starving in Chapter Twelve?

2. What is Hendrik Van Doorn the first of his family to become?

3. What role does rugby play in Detleef's life?

4. What roles do women have in the San tribe?

5. Describe the commemoration of the battle at Blood River and the idea that Johanna and Piet contribute to the event.

6. How does the white race respond to apartheid in South Africa under Detleef Van Doorn's new laws?

7. How do the Dutch respond when Chinese workers are recruited to work the mines?

8. Why is Prince Henry of Portugal determined to sail around the cape of Africa in 1453?

9. What conflicts does Philip Saltwood observe in South Africa during his stay there?

10. Explain how the village of Caix in France in 1560 comes under the influence of Calvinism and how the Catholic Church responds to the villagers who come under its influence, i.e. the Huguenots.

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