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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. Who organizes this protest and asks Kumalo and Msimangu personally to participate?
(a) Dubula.
(b) John Kumalo.
(c) Tomlinson.
(d) Mkize.

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

3. Which of the following does the black woman NOT lament?
(a) That she cannot send her children to better schools.
(b) That she and her husband ever left their small village.
(c) That she has to take in boarders to feed her family.
(d) That she does not have enough money to buy her way higher on the housing waiting list.

4. Chapter 12 steps out of the main plot to relate snippets of whites reacting to “native crime” via what platform?
(a) Radio addresses.
(b) Private conversations.
(c) Newspaper articles.
(d) Public meetings.

5. What was the name of the accomplice carrying this weapon?
(a) Richard Mpiring.
(b) Johannes Pafuri.
(c) Matthew Kumalo.
(d) Baby Mkize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kumalo put his energy immediately upon returning from Johannesburg?

2. What does Absalom’s former landlady in Alexandra reveal about Absalom’s behavior?

3. What does James have a hard time looking at each day upon entering Arthur’s house?

4. Whose death devastates the villagers of Ndotsheni?

5. What is the name of the taxi driver who is friends with Absalom?

(see the answer key)

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