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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. How do the villagers react to the changes the agricultural demonstrator tries to implement?
(a) They are too lazy to make the changes.
(b) They are wary of change but slowly adopt the demonstrator’s suggestions.
(c) They enthusiastically embrace them in hopes things will get better in the valley.
(d) They question them curiously, trying to understand the science behind them.

2. What is the rumored purpose of the ground markings left by Jarvis and the magistrate in Ndotsheni?
(a) They mark out a dam.
(b) They mark out a new church.
(c) They mark out a village dairy.
(d) They mark out a new village school.

3. What American president did Arthur Jarvis greatly admire?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

4. Which character does Kumalo’s friend, who works on the Jarvis farm, tell him is sick?
(a) Arthur Jarvis’ wife.
(b) Margaret Jarvis.
(c) James Jarvis.
(d) Arthur Jarvis’ son.

5. Who sends and puts Kumalo in charge of distributing resources for the village children?
(a) Msimangu.
(b) James Jarvis.
(c) John Kumalo.
(d) The tribe’s chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes James’ attitude towards blacks before reading Arthur’s papers?

2. Who will the lawyer submit a final appeal for mercy to in Absalom’s case?

3. What word for God does Kumalo use when praying?

4. How many black miners die during their short-lived strike?

5. What does the phrase Nkosi Skielel’ iAfrika mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the villagers’ reaction to Kumalo’s return to Ndotsheni, from the time he gets off the train until he reaches the church.

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

3. What anxiety does Kumalo have over the death of Margaret Jarvis, and how does James Jarvis ease it?

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

5. What does Absalom give as his defense for owning a gun when the Judge asks him about it?

6. How does the village chief’s interaction with the magistrate and James Jarvis support John Kumalo’s earlier statement about chiefs, “He is a trick, a trick to hold together something that the white man desires to hold together.”

7. Describe the reactions of Kumalo, Msimangu, James Jarvis, and the police to John Kumalo’s speech about black mining laborers need to demand more pay for their work.

8. Describe the build-up, events, and results of the black mining strike.

9. Briefly describe the relationship between James and Arthur Jarvis. How does it differ from Arthur’s relationship with his mother?

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

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