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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ceremony does the Bishop come to Ndotsheni to celebrate?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A confirmation.
(c) A planting/fertility ritual.
(d) A wedding.

2. What is the name of the town in which the Jarvises reside?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Ixopo.
(c) Carisbrooke.
(d) Ndotsheni.

3. What is the name of the Jarvis farm?
(a) High Place.
(b) Rainbow Valley.
(c) Sky Farm.
(d) Cloud High.

4. What is the Jarvis boy excited to practice with Kumalo?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Basic accounting.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Afrikaans.

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

6. What do the villagers do to memorialize this person?
(a) They prepare a traditional dish to give to the mourning.
(b) They make an elaborate funeral wreath.
(c) They each individual sign a condolences card.
(d) They gather together and sing a hymn.

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

8. What vocation does Gertrude think she would like to try?
(a) She wants to be a secretary.
(b) She wants to be a nurse.
(c) She wants to be a teacher.
(d) She wants to be a nun.

9. What option does Kumalo briefly consider upon returning home due to his shame regarding his family’s behavior?
(a) None of the above.
(b) He considers leaving Ndotsheni forever.
(c) He considers asking the Bishop to replace him as the Ndotsheni priest.
(d) He considers resigning from the priesthood.

10. What was the name of the paper Arthur Jarvis was writing about justice for blacks?
(a) “The Truth About Native Crime.”
(b) “A Modern Emancipation Proclamation.”
(c) “Don’t Blame the Natives.”
(d) “Equality and Justice for All.”

11. What word best describes the relationship between James and Arthur Jarvis?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Distant.
(d) Harmonious.

12. What day is Absalom set to be executed?
(a) None of the above.
(b) The fifteenth of the month.
(c) The first of the month.
(d) The thirtieth of the month.

13. What inexplicable activity does the character who unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate participate in?
(a) They cut down trees.
(b) They mark the ground with sticks and flags.
(c) They dig up and remove buckets of dirt.
(d) They pull up crops.

14. Who does Absalom claim planned the time and place for the house break?
(a) Absalom himself.
(b) Johannes Pafuri.
(c) Richard Mpiring.
(d) Matthew Kumalo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon is afflicting Umzimkulu valley when Kumalo returns home?

2. How do villagers respond to Kumalo’s return?

3. What is James Jarvis’ main concern before learning of his son’s death?

4. Which of the following worry that John Kumalo’s speech to black miners could lead to an uprising?

5. Why does Kumalo also appear at the same house that Arther and Margaret are visiting as a respite from the trail?

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