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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport does Detleef Van Doorn play?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Baseball.

2. What mining company is interested in investigating the area in which Prinsloo finds his big diamond to see if it has potential for yielding more of the precious gems?
(a) Caria African Mining Company.
(b) Amalgamated Mining Company.
(c) South African Mining Company.
(d) Van Doorn Mining Company.

3. 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) Their crops were destroyed by insects.
(c) The Zulus burned their crops.
(d) The English burned their crops.

4. What is Cecil Rhodes' dream in Chapter Nine?
(a) To find a large diamond.
(b) To unite Africa under English rule.
(c) To find the biblical city of Ophir.
(d) To defeat Dingane in battle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport do the Troxel brothers love?

2. How does Richard Saltwood help the Xhosa in Chapter Nine?

3. When the English teacher is replaced, in what language does the new teacher educate the children?

4. How long do black miners have to work before they can apply to have their families join them?

5. In what stream does he search for diamonds in Chapter Fourteen?

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