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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. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?
(a) Zeolani.
(b) A rich Arab widow.
(c) The king's daughter.
(d) His granddaughter.

2. What does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to return to France and secretly bring back to him?
(a) A political document involving the French king.
(b) Cuttings from five hundred French grape vines.
(c) A stolen ruby.
(d) Love letters from a French countess.

3. Why does Naoka initially reject Gao as a prospective husband?
(a) He's too old for her.
(b) He hasn't yet killed an eland to prove his prowess at hunting.
(c) He's too bashful.
(d) Her sister is in love with him.

4. From what disease does Paul de Prè die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

5. How does Paul de Prè gain control of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) He wins it in a card game.
(b) He murders Marthinus Van Doorn.
(c) He marries the widowed Annatjie Van Doorn.
(d) He buys it when the Van Doorns go bankrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Captain Nicholas Saltwood build his English estate?

2. What punishment does the governor of Java impose on slaves who try to escape?

3. What tree do the burghers plant around the Dutch colony to protect their cattle and keep out the rest of Africa?

4. At what is Gumsto a master?

5. What is a Trekboer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paulus De Groot influence Detlev Van Doorn's education?

2. When Tjaart Van Doorn and the other Voortrekkers leave their farms, why does the Church not support them?

3. How does Frank Saltwood's relationship with Cecil Rhodes get him into trouble with the Dutch?

4. What does the imagery of the opening pages of The Covenant, with animals grazing around a dying watering hole, convey about South Africa?

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

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

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

8. A San elder will sacrifice everything in order to ensure that his or her clan continues and thrives. Give some examples of this sacrifice from Chapter One of The Covenant by James Michener.

9. What factors almost bring about the destruction of the Xhosa tribe in 1857 and how does Richard Saltwood save the tribe from starving?

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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