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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. With whom does Willem Van Doorn fall in love and father two children?
(a) A slave girl named Ateh.
(b) A Dutch woman named Hanneke.
(c) A French woman named Danielle.
(d) An English woman named Julia.

2. 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) At least three granite bricks.
(b) Clay pots filled with water.
(c) Fresh zebra meat.
(d) Gold.

3. At the beginning of Chapter One, what has caused the water of the lake to become brackish?
(a) A gold vein underneath the lake.
(b) Pollution by Dutch settlers.
(c) An overgrowth of algae.
(d) A drought.

4. Who establishes a fort at Malacca in 1511?
(a) Vasco da Gama.
(b) Afonso de Albuquerque.
(c) Christopher Columbus.
(d) Prince Henry the Navigator.

5. How old is Gumsto when he first appears in the novel?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willem Van Doorn's dying wish?

2. What is Paul de Prè skilled at growing?

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

4. What punishment does the governor of Java impose on slaves who try to escape?

5. What is Prince Henry of Portugal's nickname?

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