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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Paulus DeGroot during the war with the English?
(a) He's in his thirties.
(b) He's in his sixties.
(c) He's in his forties.
(d) He's in his twenties.

2. What country does Detleef Van Door tour as an athlete, representing his country on the Springbok team?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) China.

3. Which of the following is not a law Detleef helps pass once he's in parliament?
(a) Laws demanding military service for all men.
(b) Laws against interracial marriages.
(c) Laws legalizing segregation of the races in South Africa.
(d) Laws removing voting rights from people of mixed race.

4. Why does Piet Krause take the school children and their families to Waterval-Boven?
(a) For a picnic.
(b) To visit the museum there.
(c) To see a trainload of Chinese workers being repatriated.
(d) To see the waterfall near the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the size of Pik Prinsloo's big diamond find in the stream?

2. Who says that in order to beat the English, the Dutch must first be educated the way they are to have the tools with which to overcome them?

3. What is Pik Prinsloo's professon?

4. Why does Detleef refuse to accept the blue ribbon for his prize bull?

5. Who do the authorities ask to testify against Daniel Nxumalo?

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