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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Absalom’s accomplices angry with him?
(a) Because he refuses to lie and take all the blame for the crime upon himself.
(b) Because he faked illness to get a better prison cell than them.
(c) Because he lied to the police about which of them shot Arthur Jarvis.
(d) Because he is collecting false witnesses who saw them at the crime scene.

3. Chapter 12 steps out of the main plot to relate snippets of whites reacting to “native crime” via what platform?
(a) Public meetings.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) Private conversations.
(d) Radio addresses.

4. Why did Kumalo’s sister originally go to the city?
(a) She went as a servant to a white family.
(b) She went to search for Kumalo’s son.
(c) She went to pursue a job as a teacher.
(d) She went to find her husband who was working in the mines.

5. Which of the following best describes John’s relationship with his own son?
(a) They are estranged because John’s son is friends with criminals.
(b) Since John’s son got married, they rarely see each other.
(c) John has fully disinherited his son in order to give more to his younger children.
(d) They are close and John’s son still lives with John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kumalo do with Gertrude and her son after she has apologized for her sinful ways?

2. What is the name of the murdered white man that Kumalo and Msimangu hear about upon returning to the mission?

3. What is the name of the taxi driver who is friends with Absalom?

4. What tragedy does the black woman suffer?

5. What year does the novel take place?

(see the answer key)

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