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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Education of a Puritan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who encourages Detlev Van Doorn to change his name to Detleef in Chapter Eleven to better reflect his country?
(a) Piet Krause.
(b) Paulus DeGroot.
(c) Maria Steyn, daughter of commando Christoffel Steyn.
(d) Johanna Van Doorn.

2. When a new teacher opens a school in Venloo in Chapter Eleven, who is sent there to get a formal education in English?
(a) Detlev Van Doorn.
(b) Adriaan DeGroot.
(c) Maria Steyn.
(d) Johanna Van Doorn.

3. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, what has Nxumalo been raised to believe about the chief of his tribe?
(a) That the chief is omnipotent.
(b) That the chief is a god.
(c) That the chief is incompetent.
(d) That whatever the chief says is law.

4. What Englishman documents Shaka's later years?
(a) Captain Nicholas Saltwood.
(b) Henry Francis Fynn.
(c) Bill Turner.
(d) James Lochwood.

5. What happens when Mzilikazi stands up to Shaka?
(a) His tribe is absorbed by Shaka's, but Mzilikazi escapes.
(b) Shaka shoots him with a bow and arrow.
(c) He is wounded by Nxumalo's spear.
(d) He surrenders.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Paul de Prè work as a gardener in Amsterdam?

2. What sport does Detleef Van Doorn play?

3. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?

4. When he is a boy, why does Shaka think he will one day be the Zulu chief?

5. What does Nxumalo's father Ndela do to arouse the suspicion of the tribe's diviner?

(see the answer key)

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