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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 woman who rents a room to Kumalo?
(a) Mrs. Mkize.
(b) Mrs. Dubula.
(c) Mrs. Lithebe.
(d) Mrs. Ndlela.
2. What kind of protest affects Kumalo and Msimangu’s attempts to locate Absalom?
(a) A bus boycott.
(b) A voting rally.
(c) A mining strike.
(d) A labor march.
3. What is Gertrude’s main emotion when Kumalo discovers how she is living?
(a) Shame.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Pride.
(d) Defiance.
4. What is the FIRST place Kumalo and Msimangu visit to track down Absalom?
(a) They visit a factory where Absalom worked.
(b) They visit a reformatory.
(c) They visit the Shanty Town in Orlando.
(d) They visit Mrs. Ndlela’s house.
5. What tribe does Kumalo belong to?
(a) Sotho.
(b) Bantu.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) Zulu.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kumalo harshly criticize his son for doing before the crime was committed?
2. What is John Kumalo’s profession?
3. Which woman has a reputation for being involved in illegal activity?
4. What country does Father Vincent come from?
5. What does Kumalo do with Gertrude and her son after she has apologized for her sinful ways?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gertrude react to seeing Kumalo in Johannesburg? How does she feel about her own behavior, and the prospect of returning to Ndotsheni?
2. Describe Kumalo’s initial physical reaction when the white reformatory worker comes to apologize. Why does Kumalo behave this way? What effect does it have on the white reformer?
3. Describe some ways John Kumalo has changed since he moved to Johannesburg from Ndotsheni.
4. What does Kumalo tell Father Vincent worries or saddens him about the way Absalom is handling his arrest?
5. Describe the reaction of the pregnant girl to the prospect of living in Ndotsheni. Why does she react this way?
6. What additional errand does a friend of Kumalo’s ask him to run while he is in the city? How does this reflect the themes of the novel?
7. Describe the white reformatory worker’s reaction to the news that Absalom killed Arthur Jarvis, and why he reacts this way.
8. How does the white reformatory worker’s attitude toward Absalom differ from all the other people who have interacted with Absalom that Kumalo meets?
9. What are two ways Absalom seems to have been getting into trouble since moving to Johannesburg?
10. What does Kumalo fear when he hears of Arthur Jarvis’ murder?
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