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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. Which of the following best describes John’s relationship with his own son?
(a) They are estranged because John’s son is friends with criminals.
(b) Since John’s son got married, they rarely see each other.
(c) They are close and John’s son still lives with John.
(d) John has fully disinherited his son in order to give more to his younger children.

2. What final feeling does the novel have about the future of Africa?
(a) It is anxious and uncertain about when racial equality will be achieved.
(b) It is optimistic that racial equality will be achieved.
(c) It indicates Africa will soon undergo violent revolution to achieve change.
(d) It is pessimistic that the races will ever live in harmony.

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

4. What does James have a hard time looking at each day upon entering Arthur’s house?
(a) An unfinished letter Arthur had started to his father.
(b) A cigar left half-smoked in an ashtray on Arthur’s desk.
(c) The bloodstain on the floor where Arthur died.
(d) A portrait of Arthur hanging in the parlor.

5. Which character unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate?
(a) John Kumalo.
(b) Father Vincent.
(c) James Jarvis.
(d) The Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocation does Gertrude think she would like to try?

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

3. Which woman has a reputation for being involved in illegal activity?

4. What weapon did Absalom use to kill Arthur Jarvis?

5. What gesture of respect does Arthur Jarvis’ son show Kumalo because he does not know any better about his implied superiority?

(see the answer key)

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