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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 twenties.
(b) He's in his sixties.
(c) He's in his thirties.
(d) He's in his forties.

2. Why are farmers living in squalor in the city when Detleef visits it in Chapter Twelve?
(a) The Zulus burned their crops.
(b) Drought has forced them off their land.
(c) Their crops were destroyed by insects.
(d) The English burned their crops.

3. Which of the following is not a condition in the English concentration camps?
(a) No women and children are present.
(b) Poor hygiene facilities.
(c) Too little food.
(d) No medicine.

4. What is the Broederbond?
(a) A rugby team.
(b) A secret brotherhood that works to empower Afrikaners.
(c) A mine workers' union.
(d) A mining company.

5. Where does Philip find the diamond pipe for which he has been searching while in Africa?
(a) In the lake on the Van Doorn property.
(b) In a cave on the DeGroot property.
(c) In a cave on the Nxumalo property.
(d) In a lake on Zulu tribal land.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the English teacher is replaced, in what language does the new teacher educate the children?

4. What law do the English pass at the beginning of Chapter Eight?

5. What is Cecil Rhodes' dream in Chapter Nine?

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