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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vocation does Gertrude think she would like to try?
(a) She wants to be a nurse.
(b) She wants to be a nun.
(c) She wants to be a teacher.
(d) She wants to be a secretary.

2. What event occurs a few days before Absalom’s sentencing which foreshadows he is unlikely to get judicial leniency?
(a) Another white man is murdered during a house burglary by blacks.
(b) A white police officer is killed during a mining strike.
(c) A new law is approved which requires the death penalty for all murderers.
(d) A massive plot by a black gang to rob prominent white merchants is preempted by police.

3. Which of the following reactions are black leaders NOT hoping to elicit from whites with the decrepit conditions of Shanty Town?
(a) Shock.
(b) Anger.
(c) A need for immediate action.
(d) Pity.

4. What sentence does the Judge give to Absalom?
(a) Death by electric chair.
(b) Death by hanging.
(c) Death by firing squad.
(d) Death by lethal injection.

5. Mrs. Lithebe is afraid which character will be a bad influence on Absalom’s girl?
(a) Absalom.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Mrs. Mkize.
(d) Mr. Carmichael.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Msimangu give Kumalo during their final moments together?

2. Where was the white man murdered?

3. How long is the waiting list for a new house in Orlando?

4. When Kumalo et al. visit Absalom’s girl, how long has it been since she last saw Absalom?

5. How does Absalom’s girl react when Kumalo tells her she will have to leave Johannesburg if she marries Absalom?

(see the answer key)

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