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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 does the author indicate is the primary emotion that motivates how whites interact with blacks?
(a) Compassion.
(b) resentment.
(c) Pity.
(d) Fear.

2. Which of the following is NOT something Kumalo and his wife were saving money for?
(a) A stove.
(b) A vacation.
(c) To send their son to school.
(d) New clothes.

3. Who apologizes to Kumalo for behaving badly towards him and refusing to help him get a lawyer for Absalom?
(a) The reformatory worker.
(b) Father Vincent.
(c) His brother John.
(d) Msimangu.

4. What word best describes the relationship between James and Arthur Jarvis?
(a) Distant.
(b) Harmonious.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Nonexistent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What neighborhood is Gertrude living in?

2. What city does the writer of the letter live in?

3. What tragedy does the black woman suffer?

4. What made-up story does Kumalo tell his brother during their last meeting out of spite?

5. What is the Jarvis boy excited to practice with Kumalo?

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