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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. Which character is angriest that Absalom has disappeared?
(a) The girl.
(b) Kumalo.
(c) The reformatory worker.
(d) Msimangu.

2. What wealth-making industry has drawn so many young men to the city?
(a) Platinum.
(b) Gold.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Oil.

3. Where does the white reformatory worker say Absalom currently lives?
(a) Pimville.
(b) Sophiatown.
(c) Claremont.
(d) Springs.

4. How do Kumalo and Msimangu travel to Alexandra?
(a) They take a bus.
(b) They accept a ride from a white man.
(c) They walk eleven miles.
(d) They take a taxi.

5. What does Kumalo eventually find out happened to Sibeko’s daughter?
(a) She became a prostitute and disappeared.
(b) She started making liquor and was jailed.
(c) She committed suicide after her husband died in the mines.
(d) She was killed by a cart in the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promises to help Kumalo find his sister and his son?

2. Why does Kumalo go to see his brother before visiting Absalom in jail?

3. What language does John prefer to speak?

4. What good news does the group at Mrs. Lithebe’s house celebrate on the night before Kumalo et al. leave for Ndotsheni?

5. What is the name of the Jarvis farm?

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