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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the taxi driver who is friends with Absalom?
(a) Dubula.
(b) Pafuri.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Hlabeni.
2. What is Absalom’s attitude in jail?
(a) He is full of self-pity.
(b) He is self-righteous and proud.
(c) He is stoic.
(d) He is defiant.
3. What is Gertrude’s main emotion when Kumalo discovers how she is living?
(a) Defiance.
(b) Pride.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Shame.
4. What is the FIRST place Kumalo and Msimangu visit to track down Absalom?
(a) They visit the Shanty Town in Orlando.
(b) They visit a reformatory.
(c) They visit a factory where Absalom worked.
(d) They visit Mrs. Ndlela’s house.
5. What neighborhood is Gertrude living in?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Claremont.
(d) Sophiatown.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mrs. Lithebe is afraid which character will be a bad influence on Absalom’s girl?
2. Where was the white man murdered?
3. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
4. Who apologizes to Kumalo for behaving badly towards him and refusing to help him get a lawyer for Absalom?
5. How many “husbands” did Absalom’s girl have before Absalom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Kumalo as soon as he arrives in Johannesburg? How does this reinforce his feelings about the city?
2. How does the white reformatory worker’s attitude toward Absalom differ from all the other people who have interacted with Absalom that Kumalo meets?
3. What surprises Kumalo about the behavior of many whites regarding the bus boycott?
4. Describe some ways John Kumalo has changed since he moved to Johannesburg from Ndotsheni.
5. How does the first chapter describe the land of the Umzimkulu valley? How does this reflect on the state of the people who live there?
6. Briefly describe the life of the woman who is the protagonist of Chapter 9, living in Orlando’s Shanty Town.
7. What are two ways Absalom seems to have been getting into trouble since moving to Johannesburg?
8. Compare and contrast Kumalo and Msimangu’s reaction to Absalom’s pregnant girl.
9. Briefly discuss John’s hypocritical attitude towards both the church and tribal chiefs.
10. How does Kumalo treat the pregnant girl when she reveals she has had two other “husbands,” and why?
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