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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, The Huguenots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Van Doorn estate in South Africa?
(a) Trianon.
(b) Sonora.
(c) De Kraal.
(d) Rose Hills.

2. Which of the following wildlife is not seen at the lake at the beginning of Chapter One?
(a) A herd of zebra and a rhinoceros.
(b) A grizzly bear.
(c) Two female lions.
(d) A herd of eland.

3. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?
(a) The journey back home would be too perilous.
(b) He has fallen in love with a woman from Zimbabwe.
(c) Zimbabwe is more exciting than his village.
(d) He can make more money in Zimbabwe.

4. At what is Gumsto a master?
(a) Painting on cave walls and rocks.
(b) Tracking antelope and other game.
(c) Using a spear.
(d) Using a bow and arrows.

5. What is the name of Captain Nicholas Saltwood's ship in Chapter Three?
(a) The Acorn.
(b) The Allegria.
(c) The Cornwall Lady.
(d) The Harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?

2. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want to find the city of Ophir?

3. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

4. What does the king of Zimbabwe put Nxumalo in charge of moving?

5. When Chief Ngalo asks his son Nxumalo to bring the "heavy earth" to show the Old Seeker, what does Nxumalo bring?

(see the answer key)

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