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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 is the profession of the murdered white man?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a mining executive.
(c) He is a university professor.
(d) He is an engineer.

2. Which character encourages Kumalo to pray and look for things to be grateful for rather than to wallow in self-pity?
(a) Father Vincent.
(b) Msimangu.
(c) Mrs. Lithebe.
(d) Mr. Carmichael.

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

4. What tragedy does the black woman suffer?
(a) She miscarries an unborn child.
(b) Her child dies because she cannot access a doctor.
(c) She is forced to give her child to relatives to care for.
(d) Her child is disfigured when their house burns down.

5. What good news does the group at Mrs. Lithebe’s house celebrate on the night before Kumalo et al. leave for Ndotsheni?
(a) They celebrate Mrs. Lithebe’s decision to become a nun.
(b) They celebrate Gertrude’s new job.
(c) They celebrate the sudden birth of Absalom’s baby.
(d) They celebrate Msimangu’s imminent retirement into a religious community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the white man murdered?

2. How many black miners die during their short-lived strike?

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

4. Which of the following reactions are black leaders NOT hoping to elicit from whites with the decrepit conditions of Shanty Town?

5. Where does the white reformatory worker say Absalom currently lives?

(see the answer key)

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