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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the following statement Kumalo makes when Arthur Jarvis’ son announces he will soon leave Natal: “When you go, something _______ will go out of Ndotsheni.”
(a) Important.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Harmonious.
(d) Bright.

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

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the agricultural demonstrator intends to improve the farming in Ndotsheni?
(a) He wants to implement new patterns of plowing.
(b) He wants farmers to plant the land communally rather than individually.
(c) He wants to plant more trees.
(d) He wants the village to invest in more cattle to fertilize the land.

4. What is Absalom’s wife’s response to her new home?
(a) She weeps with happiness.
(b) She is fearful of the natural world.
(c) She is completely indifferent.
(d) She sulks and is unresponsive.

5. 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.

6. What natural phenomenon is afflicting Umzimkulu valley when Kumalo returns home?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Monsoons.
(c) Forest fires.
(d) Drought.

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

8. What does Msimangu give Kumalo during their final moments together?
(a) He gives him his entire life savings of over 30 pounds.
(b) He gives him a receipt for a stove for Kumalo’s wife.
(c) He gives him an heirloom ring that Kumalo can sell to raise funds for his church.
(d) He gives him a new set of clothes to wear in his priestly duties.

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

10. What event occurs a few days before Absalom’s sentencing which foreshadows he is unlikely to get judicial leniency?
(a) A new law is approved which requires the death penalty for all murderers.
(b) A massive plot by a black gang to rob prominent white merchants is preempted by police.
(c) A white police officer is killed during a mining strike.
(d) Another white man is murdered during a house burglary by blacks.

11. What is the agricultural demonstrator’s attitude toward white people?
(a) He wishes they would give blacks their own nation and leave them alone.
(b) He sympathizes with the fear whites have built for themselves and hopes to work directly with them toward better racial understanding.
(c) He is grateful for their assistance in lifting blacks up.
(d) He is bitter that blacks must rely on whites for assistance when whites suppressed them in the first place.

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

13. Who does James Jarvis surprise with a large financial donation to further the cause of blacks?
(a) Stephen Kumalo.
(b) John Kumalo.
(c) Msimangu.
(d) John Harrison, Jr.

14. Which of the following is NOT a reason Arthur mentions in his paper that whites need to take responsibility for helping blacks?
(a) Because of blacks’ inferior intelligence and inability to help themselves.
(b) Because whites have actively suppressed the education of blacks out of fear.
(c) Because whites destroyed blacks’ tribal life in the first place.
(d) Because people who consider themselves Christians should not subjugate others in the name of God’s will.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James has a fleeting memory of the Ndotsheni church and Kumalo as priest. Which of the following best describes his impression of them?

3. Who reveals to the Jarvises that their son has been murdered?

4. Which character is MOST impressed by John Kumalo’s oratorical gifts?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason Absalom gives for having a revolver at all?

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