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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 tribe does Kumalo belong to?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Sotho.
(c) Bantu.
(d) Xhosa.

2. Which character is MOST impressed by John Kumalo’s oratorical gifts?
(a) Msimangu.
(b) John Harrison, Jr.
(c) John Harrison, Sr.
(d) Stephen Kumalo.

3. Where does Kumalo put his energy immediately upon returning from Johannesburg?
(a) He isolates himself with his family to bond them into a unit.
(b) He starts a letter-writing campaign for Absalom to avoid the death penalty.
(c) He throws himself into rebuilding his church.
(d) He talks to community leaders about how to rejuvenate the tribe’s agriculture.

4. What neighborhood did the murdered white man live in?
(a) Parkwold.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Carisbrooke.
(d) Springs.

5. Why does Kumalo also appear at the same house that Arther and Margaret are visiting as a respite from the trail?
(a) Because he wants to beg the Jarvises not to seek the death penalty against his son.
(b) Because he noticed Jarvis at the trial and wants to apologize to him.
(c) Because he was sent on an errand by Father Vincent.
(d) Because he is looking for a villager who supposedly lives there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Kumalo that Absalom is responsible for the murder?

2. Msimangu ministers to a community of people who suffer from which of the following?

3. What was the name of the paper Arthur Jarvis was writing about justice for blacks?

4. What city does the writer of the letter live in?

5. Which character encourages Kumalo to pray and look for things to be grateful for rather than to wallow in self-pity?

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