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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Richard Saltwood's South African estate?
(a) Trianon.
(b) Brierly.
(c) Santa Rosa.
(d) De Kraal.

2. Why are farmers living in squalor in the city when Detleef visits it in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Drought has forced them off their land.
(b) The Zulus burned their crops.
(c) The English burned their crops.
(d) Their crops were destroyed by insects.

3. What interactions do the Voortrekkers have with the Zulu warrior Dingane?
(a) Dingane agrees to herd cattle and sheep for them.
(b) Dingane promises them land rights, but plans to kill them.
(c) Dingane signs a peace treaty with them.
(d) Dingane guides them through dangerous Bantu land.

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

5. How does Richard Saltwood earn the name Cupid in Chapter Nine?
(a) He arranges marriages for his Boer neighbors.
(b) He helps unmarried Englishmen find wives in Africa.
(c) He helps the German recruits take wives with them to Africa.
(d) He brings a minister to town to perform marriages.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Moses Nxumalo stopped by the police?

2. Who invites Detleef to a secret meeting in Chapter Twelve?

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

4. Who are the Venloo Commandos?

5. What does Hilary Saltwood name his church?

(see the answer key)

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