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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What wealth-making industry has drawn so many young men to the city?
2. What is the reformatory worker’s main concern about Absalom’s involvement in the murder?
3. What is the main industry that drives Kumalo’s village?
4. How does Absalom’s girl react when Kumalo tells her she will have to leave Johannesburg if she marries Absalom?
5. What is the name of the taxi driver who is friends with Absalom?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the white reformatory worker’s attitude toward Absalom differ from all the other people who have interacted with Absalom that Kumalo meets?
2. Compare and contrast Kumalo and Msimangu’s reaction to Absalom’s pregnant girl.
3. What are two ways Absalom seems to have been getting into trouble since moving to Johannesburg?
4. Explain how Kumalo and his wife a.) mainly intended to use their savings; b.) how they have to use it now; and c.) why this shift does not ultimately matter.
5. Explain why the lawyer, Mr. Carmichael, takes Absalom’s case without payment.
6. Describe three excuses Absalom gives to his father for why he killed Arthur Jarvis.
7. 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?
8. Briefly discuss John’s hypocritical attitude towards both the church and tribal chiefs.
9. What feelings do Stephen Kumalo and his wife have before they open the letter they receive at the beginning of the book? Why do they feel this way?
10. How does Gertrude react to seeing Kumalo in Johannesburg? How does she feel about her own behavior, and the prospect of returning to Ndotsheni?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of Msimangu in Cry, the Beloved Country. Where does Msimangu live? What is his relationship to Kumalo? How would you describe Msimangu's perspective on life and the events in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss various adaptations of Cry, the Beloved Country and their relationship to the novel. What films have been made based upon the novel? What are the complications that a screenwriter might have in adapting this novel to the screen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the changes in Johannesburg from the time that the novel is set to today. How has Apartheid changed and is it still practiced in South Africa? What has prompted the changes in the country?
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