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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 agricultural demonstrator Jarvis hires for Ndotsheni?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Lincoln.

2. How many black miners die during their short-lived strike?
(a) Twenty.
(b) None.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Three.

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

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

5. What does James Jarvis express when Kumalo tells him Absalom’s execution date?
(a) He announces he will visit the governor and try to get the decision reversed with a direct appeal.
(b) He expresses relief that it will finally all be over.
(c) He promises to remember the day and think of Absalom and Kumalo.
(d) He weeps anew for his dead son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends and puts Kumalo in charge of distributing resources for the village children?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the agricultural demonstrator intends to improve the farming in Ndotsheni?

3. What other weapon was carried by one of the two accomplices?

4. How many children did Arthur Jarvis have?

5. What vocation does Gertrude think she would like to try?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the main events of the meeting between James Jarvis and Kumalo at the house of Jarvis’ kinswoman Barbara Smith.

2. What happens to Gertrude at a church meeting at Msimangu’s mission? What does she do afterward?

3. Compare and contrast Napoleon’s and Kumalo’s attitudes towards James Jarvis.

4. Compare and contrast the significance of the new gold mines in Odendaalsrust for whites and blacks, as indicated in Book Two, Chapter Six.

5. Explain the metaphorical usage of the rainstorm that occurs in Book Three, Chapter 3.

6. How does James Jarvis react when Kumalo tries to thank him for all the good work he is doing in Ndotsheni? Why does he likely react this way?

7. Describe how Napoleon Letsitsi comes to be in Ndotsheni.

8. Briefly summarize Arthur Jarvis’s argument about the responsibility of whites to blacks in the papers James Jarvis reads.

9. Compare and contrast Absalom and his wife’s reactions to their wedding.

10. Describe how Kumalo reacts when the Bishop tells him he wants to remove Kumalo from Ndotsheni.

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