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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reveals to the Jarvises that their son has been murdered?
(a) A local police captain, Van Jaarsveld.
(b) Their son’s brother-in-law, John Harrison.
(c) Their daughter in law, Mary Jarvis.
(d) Stephen Kumalo.

2. What kind of protest affects Kumalo and Msimangu’s attempts to locate Absalom?
(a) A mining strike.
(b) A bus boycott.
(c) A voting rally.
(d) A labor march.

3. What neighborhood of the city does Msimangu live in?
(a) Sophiatown.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Claremont.
(d) Orlando.

4. 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 is secretly gleeful that a white man is dead.
(c) Because John renounces any familial bond with Stephen or Absalom.
(d) Because John is willing to hire a lawyer to lie about his own son’s involvement in the murder.

5. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
(a) His father owns a farm near Kumalo’s village.
(b) The man visited Ndotsheni to lecture on agricultural reform.
(c) The man worked at the reformatory where Absalom was held.
(d) Kumalo’s mother was a cook for the man’s family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Absalom do with the revolver after the murder?

2. Who has disappeared on the morning Kumalo is set to return to Ndotsheni?

3. What name does Absalom ask his father to name his child if it is boy?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason Absalom gives for having a revolver at all?

(see the answer key)

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