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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. What is Absalom’s attitude in jail?
(a) He is self-righteous and proud.
(b) He is stoic.
(c) He is full of self-pity.
(d) He is defiant.

2. How does Jarvis react when Kumalo admits it was his son who murdered James’?
(a) James breaks down sobbing.
(b) James demands that Kumalo leave the property immediately.
(c) James lashes out violently against Kumalo.
(d) James is surprised by compassionate.

3. How did the three accomplices disguise themselves during the housebreak?
(a) They tied handkerchiefs around their mouths.
(b) They wore hats pulled low over their eyes.
(c) They pulled stockings over their faces.
(d) They wore sunglasses.

4. Who organizes this protest and asks Kumalo and Msimangu personally to participate?
(a) Dubula.
(b) Mkize.
(c) Tomlinson.
(d) John Kumalo.

5. How does Kumalo’s wife react to the addition of Absalom’s wife and Gertrude’s child to the family?
(a) She worries ceaselessly about the increased financial burden they will engender.
(b) She has a difficult time swallowing Absalom’s wife’s promiscuous and immoral past.
(c) She curses Gertrude for shirking her only responsibility as a mother.
(d) She embraces them both as her own children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inexplicable activity does the character who unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate participate in?

2. Who performs the sacrament that is performed immediately following the sentencing in the prison?

3. What does Msimangu give Kumalo during their final moments together?

4. Who does the letter at the beginning of the novel claim is sick?

5. Before the murderer is caught, who is suspected of the crime of killing Arthur?

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