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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wealth-making industry has drawn so many young men to the city?
(a) Gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Oil.
(d) Platinum.

2. How long is the waiting list for a new house in Orlando?
(a) Five years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

3. How does Kumalo torture Absalom’s girl at first out of his disgust for her previous lifestyle?
(a) He tells her he knows Absalom is not the baby’s father and they bear no responsibility for it.
(b) He tells her she must give the baby to him to raise with his wife while she remains in Johannesburg.
(c) He tells her she must sleep with him if she wants to be looked after.
(d) He tells her Absalom has refused to marry her.

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

5. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
(a) The man worked at the reformatory where Absalom was held.
(b) The man visited Ndotsheni to lecture on agricultural reform.
(c) Kumalo’s mother was a cook for the man’s family.
(d) His father owns a farm near Kumalo’s village.

6. What is Gertrude’s main emotion when Kumalo discovers how she is living?
(a) Shame.
(b) Defiance.
(c) Pride.
(d) Amusement.

7. Which of the following reactions are black leaders NOT hoping to elicit from whites with the decrepit conditions of Shanty Town?
(a) Pity.
(b) Shock.
(c) A need for immediate action.
(d) Anger.

8. Who tells Kumalo that Absalom is responsible for the murder?
(a) Father Vincent.
(b) The reformatory worker.
(c) John Kumalo.
(d) Gertrude.

9. How does Absalom react to Kumalo’s news that he will be married?
(a) He is so despondent nothing can affect his mood.
(b) He is displeased to hear it.
(c) He is happy to hear it.
(d) He begs his father to spare the girl the humiliation of marrying a condemned man.

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

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

12. Which character shows the most disgust toward the Absalom’s girl’s behavior?
(a) Kumalo.
(b) Absalom.
(c) The reformatory worker.
(d) Msimangu.

13. Who does Stephen Kumalo receive a letter from in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) Msimangu.
(b) Absalom.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) John.

14. Why did Kumalo’s sister originally go to the city?
(a) She went to search for Kumalo’s son.
(b) She went to find her husband who was working in the mines.
(c) She went as a servant to a white family.
(d) She went to pursue a job as a teacher.

15. Which powerful black leader does the anonymous black woman seek for housing help in Chapter 9?
(a) Dubula.
(b) Tomlinson.
(c) John Kumalo.
(d) Msimangu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the white reformatory worker say Absalom currently lives?

3. What is the profession of the murdered white man?

4. What has become of Kumalo’s sister since she arrived in the city?

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

(see the answer keys)

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