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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. How does Absalom’s girl react when Kumalo tells her she will have to leave Johannesburg if she marries Absalom?
(a) She sulks and wishes to break off the engagement.
(b) She demands financial compensation for the inconvenience.
(c) She is pleased at the idea of a quiet, rural life.
(d) She wants to put her baby up for adoption instead.

2. Which character is angriest that Absalom has disappeared?
(a) The reformatory worker.
(b) The girl.
(c) Kumalo.
(d) Msimangu.

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 sleep with him if she wants to be looked after.
(c) He tells her she must give the baby to him to raise with his wife while she remains in Johannesburg.
(d) He tells her he knows Absalom is not the baby’s father and they bear no responsibility for it.

4. 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 the sudden birth of Absalom’s baby.
(c) They celebrate Gertrude’s new job.
(d) They celebrate Msimangu’s imminent retirement into a religious community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will the lawyer submit a final appeal for mercy to in Absalom’s case?

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

3. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?

4. What is the name of the lawyer who agrees to represent Absalom?

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

(see the answer key)

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