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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what is Gumsto a master?
(a) Using a spear.
(b) Tracking antelope and other game.
(c) Painting on cave walls and rocks.
(d) Using a bow and arrows.

2. Who are the first Trekboers to encounter members of the Xhosa tribe?
(a) Karel and Willem Van Doorn.
(b) Adriaan and Seena Van Doorn.
(c) Lodevicus and Rebecca Van Doorn.
(d) Adriaan Van Doorn and his slave friend Dikkop.

3. What three European nations battle for control of Malacca in Chapter Three?
(a) England, Holland, and France.
(b) Portugal, Holland, and England.
(c) Portugal, Italy, and Holland.
(d) England, Germany, and Spain.

4. How does Shaka become leader of the Zulus?
(a) He is elected to the position.
(b) He proves he is a great warrior & is asked to lead the tribe.
(c) He marries the Zulu queen.
(d) He seizes leadership of the tribe once the king dies.

5. What does Rebecca's father do for a living in Chaper Five?
(a) He's a wine merchant.
(b) He's a politician.
(c) He's a predikant.
(d) He's a physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?

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

3. Why does Prince Henry of Portugal want his ships to sail around Africa's cape?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Seven, what has Nxumalo been raised to believe about the chief of his tribe?

5. How many members are in Gumsto's clan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What roles do women have in the San tribe?

2. What is Hendrik Van Doorn the first of his family to become?

3. How does the white race respond to apartheid in South Africa under Detleef Van Doorn's new laws?

4. What role does rugby play in Detleef's life?

5. What brings Lodevicus Van Doorn's wife Rebecca into conflict with her in-laws?

6. Given that Prince Henry of Portugal thinks Africa should be considered uncivilized until Christianity is taught to the natives, what is ironic about the way the Portuguese under Vasco da Gama behave in Sofala when they arrive there in 1498?

7. Who is Pik Prinsloo, and what exciting find does he make in 1978?

8. How does Paul de Prè achieve his goal of acquiring the Van Doorn estate of Trianon, and why do his sons not inherit it after him?

9. How does Andries Pretorius help the Trekboers get revenge on the Zulu warrior Dingane?

10. What does the imagery of the opening pages of The Covenant, with animals grazing around a dying watering hole, convey about South Africa?

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