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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. Why is there little public interest in Absalom’s murder trial?
(a) Because a mining strike was causing violent outbreaks all over the city.
(b) Because gold had been discovered in Odendaalsrust.
(c) Because newspapers did want to draw attention to black violence against whites.
(d) Because a more prominent politician was recently murdered and his killer was still at large.

2. Msimangu ministers to a community of people who suffer from which of the following?
(a) They have leprosy.
(b) They cannot walk.
(c) They are blind.
(d) They are mentally handicapped.

3. Why does Kumalo feel betrayed by his brother John?
(a) Because John is prepared to act as an alibi to get his own son off the hook.
(b) Because John renounces any familial bond with Stephen or Absalom.
(c) Because John is secretly gleeful that a white man is dead.
(d) Because John is willing to hire a lawyer to lie about his own son’s involvement in the murder.

4. What wealth-making industry has drawn so many young men to the city?
(a) Platinum.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Diamonds.

5. What is the name of the village where Kumalo lives?
(a) Umzimkulu.
(b) Ndotsheni.
(c) Carisbrooke.
(d) Sophiatown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an excuse Absalom gives for shooting Jarvis?

2. What is Gertrude’s main emotion when Kumalo discovers how she is living?

3. What word for God does Kumalo use when praying?

4. How do Kumalo and Msimangu travel to Alexandra?

5. What strategy does the lawyer intend to use in Absalom’s case?

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