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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what do Kharu and the other women carry water when the tribe moves?
(a) Gourds.
(b) Clay bowls and pitchers.
(c) Rhinoceros horns.
(d) Ostrich eggs.

2. Why does Gumsto feel entitled to take the seventeen-year-old widow Naoka as his wife?
(a) He's the handsomest man in the clan.
(b) Naoka's father promises her to him to repay a debt.
(c) He's the richest man in the clan.
(d) He's the leader of the clan.

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

4. What has the king of Zimbabwe decreed that every man or woman passing the Field of Granite en route to Zimbabwe must take with them to the city?
(a) Gold.
(b) At least three granite bricks.
(c) Clay pots filled with water.
(d) Fresh zebra meat.

5. How many members are in Gumsto's clan?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?

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

3. When Nxumalo gains the king's attention, what new job is he given?

4. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?

5. What is Gao more skilled at than he is at hunting?

(see the answer key)

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