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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day is Absalom set to be executed?
(a) The first of the month.
(b) The fifteenth of the month.
(c) The thirtieth of the month.
(d) None of the above.

2. What did Absalom do with the revolver after the murder?
(a) He hid it at the home of a friend.
(b) He threw it in a river.
(c) He sold it.
(d) He buried it in a plantation.

3. Who will the lawyer submit a final appeal for mercy to in Absalom’s case?
(a) The President.
(b) The Governor-General-in Council.
(c) The Synod of the Diocese of Johannesburg.
(d) The Supreme Court.

4. How many children did Arthur Jarvis have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. What do Ndotsheni’s children lack which is causing them to die in greater than average numbers?
(a) Clean water.
(b) Milk.
(c) Vitamin C.
(d) Malaria medicine.

6. Which sacrament is performed immediately following the sentencing in the prison?
(a) Matrimony.
(b) Communion.
(c) Last Rites.
(d) Reconciliation.

7. What made-up story does Kumalo tell his brother during their last meeting out of spite?
(a) Kumalo tells John that he should give up public speaking because he is bad at it.
(b) Kumalo tells John that local blacks whisper behind his back that John is a coward.
(c) Kumalo tells John that there is a police spy who visits his shop pretending to be a friend.
(d) Kumalo tells John that his son Matthew is the real father of Absalom’s girl’s baby but wasn’t man enough to take responsibility.

8. Before the murderer is caught, who is suspected of the crime of killing Arthur?
(a) A racist white who dislikes Arthur’s agitation for black rights.
(b) Someone who committed the murder in a random act of gang violence.
(c) Someone who was once an employee of Arthur’s.
(d) Someone on the orders of Dubula and John Kumalo.

9. How do villagers respond to Kumalo’s return?
(a) They are indifferent and barely notice his return.
(b) They demand his resignation because of his family’s immorality.
(c) They are overjoyed to have him back.
(d) They are disappointed to see his replacement leave the village.

10. What does Kumalo eventually find out happened to Sibeko’s daughter?
(a) She committed suicide after her husband died in the mines.
(b) She started making liquor and was jailed.
(c) She was killed by a cart in the street.
(d) She became a prostitute and disappeared.

11. Who performs the sacrament that is performed immediately following the sentencing in the prison?
(a) Kumalo.
(b) Msimangu.
(c) A prison chaplain.
(d) Father Vincent.

12. What had James Jarvis hoped would be his son’s career?
(a) He wanted Arthur to become an engineer.
(b) He wanted Arthur to take over the family farm.
(c) He wanted Arthur to study in England to become a doctor.
(d) He wanted Arthur to become a prominent Judge.

13. What was the name of the accomplice carrying this weapon?
(a) Matthew Kumalo.
(b) Richard Mpiring.
(c) Johannes Pafuri.
(d) Baby Mkize.

14. Who does James Jarvis surprise with a large financial donation to further the cause of blacks?
(a) John Kumalo.
(b) Msimangu.
(c) Stephen Kumalo.
(d) John Harrison, Jr.

15. What event occurs a few days before Absalom’s sentencing which foreshadows he is unlikely to get judicial leniency?
(a) A white police officer is killed during a mining strike.
(b) Another white man is murdered during a house burglary by blacks.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does John Harrison, Sr. hope will happen when the murderer is caught?

2. What was the name of the paper Arthur Jarvis was writing about justice for blacks?

3. How do the Jarvises travel to Johannesburg?

4. Which character is MOST impressed by John Kumalo’s oratorical gifts?

5. How does the agricultural demonstrator think the farming improvements will affect the future of Ndotsheni?

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