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

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

3. What outcast from the Langeni does Nxumalo meet once he leaves his own tribe?
(a) Nandi.
(b) Mpepha.
(c) Shaka.
(d) Mqalane.

4. What work does Paul de Prè's wife do for his Amsterdam employers?
(a) She is their cook.
(b) She is their governess.
(c) She is their housekeeper.
(d) She is their seamstress.

5. Who does Old Seeker want Nxumalo to marry?
(a) The king's daughter.
(b) His granddaughter.
(c) A rich Arab widow.
(d) Zeolani.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Van Doorn first becomes a Trekboer?

2. When he is a boy, why does Shaka think he will one day be the Zulu chief?

3. What does Captain Saltwood name his estate in England?

4. What nation establishes the East India Company or John Company in 1600?

5. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like for black South Africans under apartheid and Detleef Van Doorn's new laws?

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

3. How does Simon Kerr influence Hilary Saltwood's desire to be a missionary and his life in Africa once he becomes a missionary?

4. Explain how the village of Caix in France in 1560 comes under the influence of Calvinism and how the Catholic Church responds to the villagers who come under its influence, i.e. the Huguenots.

5. What is the significance of Zimbabwe's origins to Cecil Rhodes' arguments for English rule of South Africa?

6. Explain the history of the Saltwood family in England.

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

8. Explain the trade established between the city of Zimbabwe and the Arabians.

9. Why does Paul de Prè want to marry Petronella Van Doorn, and what thwarts his marriage goals?

10. What is the Dark Time referred to in Chapter Seven, and what is its affect on Shaka's relationship with Nxumalo?

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