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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. Who cuts the telegraph lines to prevent word of the plague reaching Cecil Rhodes?
(a) Zouga.
(b) Jan Cheroot.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Ralph.

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

3. When Ralph sees smoke in the distance and rides off to investigate, who steps out suddenly from the forest?
(a) Umlimo.
(b) Lobengula.
(c) Bazo.
(d) Gandang.

4. When Ralph goes to short sell two companies, how many shares of each company does Ralph want to trade?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Two hundred thousand.
(d) Two thousand.

5. When Ralph returns to the mines to check on Harry's work, how many men has Bazo brought to work at the mine?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ralph tells Harry to take the women to Bulawayo alone, where does Ralph head to?

2. With what does Zouga hope to replace the trek oxen he lost to the virus?

3. As the Umlimo is giving her prophesies, what type of creature is crawling over her body?

4. Who is the Chief Native Commissioner in Matabeleland?

5. When Mungo St. John breaks into Juba's tent in the middle of the night, what does Juba call Mungo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jordan so uncomfortable when Ralph and Cecil begin to argue at the camp?

2. As the Matabele men prepare to carry out their killings, what is Tanase's primary job?

3. Why does Robyn eventually publish "Trooper Hackett of Matabeleland" with her own money?

4. When Ralph returns home to find his wife upset by Cecil Rhodes, what does Cathy complain that Cecil Rhodes has taken over?

5. Where is Wankie's country located?

6. How does Bazo respond when Ralph offers him work?

7. How does Robyn explain to Juba her reasons for studying her chosen disease?

8. Before Ralph departs, why does he warn Frank Rhodes not to send any unnecessary telegrams?

9. Why does Tanase not want to go to Ralph's camp for the night so that Ralph and Bazo can catch up?

10. Describe the scene around Cathy and Ralph's camp after the plague had passed.

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