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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 statement best describes Margaret Jarvis’ relationship with Arthur compared to James’?
(a) Margaret and James had the same exact relationship with Arthur.
(b) Margaret took James’ side against Arthur when necessary.
(c) Margaret was more estranged from Arthur than James was.
(d) Margaret understood Arthur better than James did.

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

3. Who do Arthur and Margaret visit as a brief respite from the trial?
(a) Margaret’s sister Anne.
(b) Margaret’s girlhood friend Jane.
(c) Margaret’s niece Barbara.
(d) Margaret’s cousin Mary.

4. What does Absalom’s former landlady in Alexandra reveal about Absalom’s behavior?
(a) She saw Absalom publicly intoxicated.
(b) She saw Absalom with stolen property.
(c) She saw Absalom beating someone.
(d) She saw Absalom with prostitutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kumalo harshly criticize his son for doing before the crime was committed?

2. Who performs the sacrament that is performed immediately following the sentencing in the prison?

3. Which powerful black leader does the anonymous black woman seek for housing help in Chapter 9?

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

5. How do the Jarvises travel to Johannesburg?

(see the answer key)

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