1. What is the reformatory worker’s main concern about Absalom’s involvement in the murder?
(a) He is devastated that a leader in the equal rights movement has been killed.
(b) He is afraid that Absalom will be executed without trial.
(c) He is irritated that he has been fired from his job.
(d) He is anxious that the reformatory’s reputation not be tarnished.

2. What strategy does the lawyer intend to use in Absalom’s case?
(a) He believes the truth of Absalom’s testimony and will center the case on it.
(b) He believes there is no way to win because Absalom has already confessed and is sure to hang.
(c) He intends to center the argument around the testimony of the beaten house servant.
(d) He plans to hire false witnesses to claim they saw one of the other defendants fire the gun.

3. Why does Kumalo humbly accept this apology rather than expressing his true feelings about the unnecessary anger directed at him?
(a) Because he is so preoccupied with worry he did not even register he was being mistreated.
(b) Because as a priest, he feels it is his duty to turn the other cheek.
(c) Because as a black man he has no place to criticize a white man’s behavior.
(d) Because he feels so much responsibility for his son’s sins he thinks he deserves to be treated harshly.

4. What does Kumalo do with Gertrude and her son after she has apologized for her sinful ways?
(a) He gives Gertrude money to sustain her until they can return to the village.
(b) He immediately sends them back to Ndotsheni.
(c) He moves them into the boarding house where he is staying.
(d) He uses his resources with Msimangu to get Gertrude a legitimate job.

5. Which of the following is John’s main political agenda?
(a) He wants better wages for blacks working in the gold mines.
(b) He wants blacks to separate and form their own country.
(c) He wants blacks to have the right to vote.
(d) He wants complete equal rights for blacks.