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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Zimbabwe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Steel.
(d) Graphite.

2. What marks the territory of each individual family in Gumsto's clan?
(a) A patch of burned grass.
(b) A stone wall.
(c) Sticks and a few piled rocks.
(d) A cooking fire.

3. At what age do the women in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

4. What situation in 1453 makes it imperative for Prince Henry to reach his goals in Africa?
(a) The Dutch want to invade Portugal.
(b) His kingdom is bankrupt.
(c) Muslims control Constantinople and routes to the Orient.
(d) Africans have declared war on Portugal.

5. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Nineteen or twenty.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his home village after seeing Zimbabwe?

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

3. What does Nxumalo tell the Old Seeker his people traded for the "heavy earth"?

4. What is Kharu's role in the tribe?

5. For what purpose are the small San people enslaved and used by the people of Zimbabwe?

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