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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made-up story does Kumalo tell his brother during their last meeting out of spite?
(a) Kumalo tells John that there is a police spy who visits his shop pretending to be a friend.
(b) Kumalo tells John that he should give up public speaking because he is bad at it.
(c) Kumalo tells John that local blacks whisper behind his back that John is a coward.
(d) Kumalo tells John that his son Matthew is the real father of Absalom’s girl’s baby but wasn’t man enough to take responsibility.

2. What does Absalom claim is the reason he did not simply turn himself in to the police?
(a) He thought if he left Johannesburg no one would bother to hunt him down.
(b) He was too afraid to confess even though he intended to.
(c) He believed the police mainly suspected someone else.
(d) He believed he was well enough hidden that the police would never find him.

3. What is Absalom’s wife’s response to her new home?
(a) She is completely indifferent.
(b) She is fearful of the natural world.
(c) She sulks and is unresponsive.
(d) She weeps with happiness.

4. Where does Kumalo keep vigil during Absalom’s execution?
(a) By the sea.
(b) Up a mountain.
(c) Deep into the forest.
(d) The Jarvis fields.

5. What does the phrase Nkosi Skielel’ iAfrika mean?
(a) God save Africa.
(b) Africa forever.
(c) Africa for Africans.
(d) Africa unite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bullets were in the revolver at the time Absalom shot Arthur?

2. What is the verdict for Absalom’s two accomplices?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the agricultural demonstrator intends to improve the farming in Ndotsheni?

4. What other weapon was carried by one of the two accomplices?

5. Which word(s) best describes John’s feelings toward tribal chiefs and the Church?

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