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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. What is the reformatory worker’s main concern about Absalom’s involvement in the murder?
(a) He is irritated that he has been fired from his job.
(b) He is devastated that a leader in the equal rights movement has been killed.
(c) He is afraid that Absalom will be executed without trial.
(d) He is anxious that the reformatory’s reputation not be tarnished.

2. Which character shows the most disgust toward the Absalom’s girl’s behavior?
(a) Msimangu.
(b) The reformatory worker.
(c) Kumalo.
(d) Absalom.

3. What weapon did Absalom use to kill Arthur Jarvis?
(a) A knife.
(b) An iron bar.
(c) His bare hands.
(d) A revolver.

4. What image does Kumalo use as a metaphor for the trouble he now faces?
(a) A silent snake.
(b) A destructive storm.
(c) An ocean wave.
(d) A hunting tiger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something the white reformatory worker tells Kumalo about Absalom’s recent experiences?

2. What does Mrs. Ndlela tell Kumalo and Msimangu about Absalom that concerns them?

3. What is Stephen Kumalo’s profession?

4. What is the phrase used to describe why the lawyer takes the case without payment?

5. Who does Stephen Kumalo receive a letter from in the opening pages of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the lawyer, Mr. Carmichael, takes Absalom’s case without payment.

2. Describe some ways John Kumalo has changed since he moved to Johannesburg from Ndotsheni.

3. Describe three excuses Absalom gives to his father for why he killed Arthur Jarvis.

4. Describe the white reformatory worker’s reaction to the news that Absalom killed Arthur Jarvis, and why he reacts this way.

5. Why does Mrs. Lithebe warn the pregnant girl about spending time with Gertrude?

6. Explain how Kumalo and his wife a.) mainly intended to use their savings; b.) how they have to use it now; and c.) why this shift does not ultimately matter.

7. What happens to Kumalo as soon as he arrives in Johannesburg? How does this reinforce his feelings about the city?

8. Describe Kumalo’s initial physical reaction when the white reformatory worker comes to apologize. Why does Kumalo behave this way? What effect does it have on the white reformer?

9. Why does Msimangu apologize to Kumalo after they have met the pregnant girl?

10. What does Kumalo tell Father Vincent worries or saddens him about the way Absalom is handling his arrest?

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