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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What law does Heather Botha break?
(a) She sells drugs.
(b) She dates white men and she is of mixed racial heritage.
(c) She steals.
(d) She murders her boss.

2. How does Richard Saltwood help the Xhosa in Chapter Nine?
(a) He petitions the government to allow them to vote.
(b) He feeds and shelters them when they're starving.
(c) He sends the English army to help them fight the Zulus.
(d) He gives them money to buy land from the Boers.

3. Who becomes a "media darling" during the Boer War?
(a) Jakob Van Doorn.
(b) Sybilla DeGroot.
(c) Micah Nxumalo.
(d) Paulus DeGroot.

4. How do the Hottentots and Bushmen respond to the new law passed at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) They declare war on the English.
(b) They join the English military.
(c) They demand financial restitution for their years of slavery.
(d) They steal cattle and raid Dutch farms.

5. What inspires the English to pass the new law at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) Simon Keer's novel about Dutch slaveholders.
(b) The murder of a slave by a Dutchman.
(c) A rash of cattle thefts.
(d) A slave uprising.

6. Who attacks the Voortrekker wagons and kills the Lukas De Groot camp?
(a) Mziikazi and his Matabele warriors.
(b) The Bantus.
(c) Nxumalo.
(d) The San people.

7. When a new teacher opens a school in Venloo in Chapter Eleven, who is sent there to get a formal education in English?
(a) Detlev Van Doorn.
(b) Adriaan DeGroot.
(c) Johanna Van Doorn.
(d) Maria Steyn.

8. From what country does Philip Saltwood come at the mining company's request to investigate Pik Prinsloo's find?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) America.

9. How old is Paulus DeGroot during the war with the English?
(a) He's in his forties.
(b) He's in his thirties.
(c) He's in his sixties.
(d) He's in his twenties.

10. What sport do the Troxel brothers love?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Swimming.

11. What is Pik Prinsloo's professon?
(a) He is a licensed diamond digger.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a physician.
(d) He is an architect.

12. From what foreign country are laborers brought in Chapter Eleven to work in the mines?
(a) Ireland.
(b) China.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

13. When the Crimean War causes a reduction in enlistments in the British army, from where do the British recruit new soldiers?
(a) The Zulus.
(b) The Xhosa.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

14. What legal step does Mrs. Van Valck take concerning Petra?
(a) She asks for a sample of Petra's DNA.
(b) She files a lawsuit against Petra's teacher.
(c) She files a lawsuit against the school.
(d) She files charges to initiate an investigation of Petra's race.

15. What do the Xhosa do in response to Nonqause's prophecy?
(a) They slaughter their cattle and burn their crops.
(b) They attack the Zulus.
(c) They attack the Boers.
(d) They move further south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the Voortrekkers as a general when they battle with the Zulus at Blood River in 1838?

2. What country does Detleef Van Door tour as an athlete, representing his country on the Springbok team?

3. Where does Philip find the diamond pipe for which he has been searching while in Africa?

4. With which side do many blacks fight during the Boer wars?

5. Why does Detleef refuse to accept the blue ribbon for his prize bull?

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