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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - 1895: Pages 196 - 229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed between when Zouga arrives in the land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi rivers at the beginning of the novel and when he had last been in this same area?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Forty years.

2. As the story begins, how old is Ralph?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. What is the praise name that the Matabele have given to Zouga Ballantyne?
(a) Bakela.
(b) Zimba.
(c) Henshaw.
(d) Bazo.

4. Who is Gandang's son?
(a) Tanase.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Zouga.
(d) Bazo.

5. What are Zouga, Ralph, and Jan Cheroot searching the land for?
(a) White gold.
(b) Red gold.
(c) Yellow diamonds.
(d) Blue diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the plague that strikes the with a vengeance and kills oxen and cattle?

2. Where do the Matabele seek refuge in times of trouble?

3. As Mungo heads back to the mission to warn the others of the ominous sky, what becomes suddenly oppressive?

4. Who is Mzilikazi?

5. Who is the Chief Native Commissioner in Matabeleland?

(see the answer key)

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