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

2. How does Gao prove his bravery during the hunt?
(a) He approaches a herd of antelope without assistance.
(b) He approaches the biggest antelope and spears it.
(c) He attacks the eland with his bare hands.
(d) He risks his safety to help his father fight the lions.

3. What do Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn help Dr. Nels Linnart collect?
(a) Insects.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Plants and flowers.

4. What does Captain Saltwood name his estate in England?
(a) Starwood.
(b) Thornberry.
(c) Villa Rosa.
(d) Sentinels.

5. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Nineteen or twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Trekboer?

2. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?

3. Why does Naoka initially reject Gao as a prospective husband?

4. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?

5. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Andries Pretorius help the Trekboers get revenge on the Zulu warrior Dingane?

3. What brings Lodevicus Van Doorn's wife Rebecca into conflict with her in-laws?

4. Why does Vera, the woman Richard Saltwood finds to marry his brother, Hilary, decide not to marry Hilary?

5. What mistake do the English make in their care of the prisoners they take in their battles with the Dutch?

6. How does Paul de Prè achieve his goal of acquiring the Van Doorn estate of Trianon, and why do his sons not inherit it after him?

7. What is the Dark Time referred to in Chapter Seven, and what is its affect on Shaka's relationship with Nxumalo?

8. Why are white miners starving in Chapter Twelve?

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

10. Why is Detleef called a puritan, and what laws does he help enact?

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