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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. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Antelope hides.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Cloth they wove.

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

3. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?
(a) Wilhelmina Heimstra.
(b) A slave girl named Deborah.
(c) Louisa Kennedy.
(d) Helga Linnart.

4. What is Kharu's role in the tribe?
(a) She is the tribe's goat herder.
(b) She makes the poison for the arrows.
(c) She is the tribal healer.
(d) She's the tribal shaman.

5. What situation in 1453 makes it imperative for Prince Henry to reach his goals in Africa?
(a) His kingdom is bankrupt.
(b) Africans have declared war on Portugal.
(c) Muslims control Constantinople and routes to the Orient.
(d) The Dutch want to invade Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rebecca's father do for a living in Chaper Five?

2. What does Hilary Saltwood name his church?

3. Who does Nxumalo work with to eliminate Shaka?

4. Which of the following physical characteristics is not typical of the clan to which Gumsto belongs?

5. What does Mfecane mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why does Karel Van Doorn want Paul de Prè to go back to France after de Prè has escaped and sought refuge from French religious persecution in Amsterdam?

4. Who are the Venloo Commandos, and how do they fare in their skirmishes with the English?

5. Describe how Nxumalo fares in the city of Zimbabwe.

6. Explain why the San tribe must move, and why Kharu thinks the time is not yet right to move?

7. Given that Prince Henry of Portugal thinks Africa should be considered uncivilized until Christianity is taught to the natives, what is ironic about the way the Portuguese under Vasco da Gama behave in Sofala when they arrive there in 1498?

8. What is Willem Van Doorn's relationship with Jack, the Hottentot tribesman, and how does this relationship bring Willem into conflict with the Dutch leadership in the settlement?

9. What is life like for black South Africans under apartheid and Detleef Van Doorn's new laws?

10. What is the significance of Zimbabwe's origins to Cecil Rhodes' arguments for English rule of South Africa?

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