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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Pages 551 - 599.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name is King Lobengula known by?
(a) The Great Black Elephant.
(b) The Great Elephant Hunter.
(c) The Great Black Baron.
(d) The Great Eagle Hunter.

2. When Bazo asks King Lobengula for a task to prove Bazo's loyalty, what does Lobengula tell Bazo to bring to him?
(a) The soapstone sculpture.
(b) Pemba's head.
(c) Zouga's head.
(d) The blue diamond.

3. How long after the man is killed by the bolting horse does Zouga sign over the deeds to his diamond claims?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

4. Who does Zouga send into the pit to hand up the equipment and tools?
(a) Bazo.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jan.
(d) Jordan.

5. When Mungo returns to the United States and leads his own ragtag cavalry during the Civil War, what nickname does he earn?
(a) Marauding Mungo.
(b) Maverick Mungo.
(c) Malady Mungo.
(d) Murdering Mungo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Zouga purchase his two claims from?

2. Who is killed when a horse that he is sitting on is spooked and bolts?

3. Who pulls up the huge champagne-colored diamond on the third day of the digging frenzy?

4. What rank does Zouga Ballantyne hold?

5. What does Zouga name the huge tract of the African interior that he owns?

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