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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Jarvis farm?
(a) Sky Farm.
(b) Cloud High.
(c) Rainbow Valley.
(d) High Place.

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

3. How does Kumalo torture Absalom’s girl at first out of his disgust for her previous lifestyle?
(a) He tells her Absalom has refused to marry her.
(b) He tells her she must give the baby to him to raise with his wife while she remains in Johannesburg.
(c) He tells her he knows Absalom is not the baby’s father and they bear no responsibility for it.
(d) He tells her she must sleep with him if she wants to be looked after.

4. What year does the novel take place?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1936.

5. What is the name of the family Absalom was living with in Orlando?
(a) Pafuri.
(b) Seme.
(c) Hlayshwayo.
(d) Jarvis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason Absalom gives for having a revolver at all?

2. Why does Kumalo also appear at the same house that Arther and Margaret are visiting as a respite from the trail?

3. What wealth-making industry has drawn so many young men to the city?

4. What gesture of respect does Arthur Jarvis’ son show Kumalo because he does not know any better about his implied superiority?

5. What made-up story does Kumalo tell his brother during their last meeting out of spite?

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