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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. Which sacrament is performed immediately following the sentencing in the prison?
2. Which character is MOST impressed by John Kumalo’s oratorical gifts?
3. Who do Arthur and Margaret visit as a brief respite from the trial?
4. Who sends and puts Kumalo in charge of distributing resources for the village children?
5. What word does Kumalo use to describe a quality about Arthur to James?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast Absalom and his wife’s reactions to their wedding.
2. After reading more of his son’s papers, why does James Jarvis leave through the front of the house rather than walking past the blood-stained floor again?
3. What becomes Kumalo’s obsession when he returns to Ndotsheni, and what ways does he act on it? What are the results of his efforts?
4. What happens to Gertrude at a church meeting at Msimangu’s mission? What does she do afterward?
5. 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.”
6. What surprises James Jarvis most about people’s reaction to his son’s death?
7. Describe the build-up, events, and results of the black mining strike.
8. Compare and contrast the significance of the new gold mines in Odendaalsrust for whites and blacks, as indicated in Book Two, Chapter Six.
9. Describe the incident Kumalo tells his friend about as a way of explaining his idea that James Jarvis is a compassionate man.
10. Describe how Napoleon Letsitsi comes to be in Ndotsheni.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the protagonist of the novel and why? Would you have preferred the novel be told from another character’s perspective? Who and why? Make a strong argument for your protagonist, and support your argument with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Absalom in Cry, the Beloved Country. What is Absalom's place in the plot of the story? What is Absalom accused of? What is the ruling in his case?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of irony in Cry, the Beloved Country. What are specific examples of irony from the text? What type of irony is being used? How does this example further the plot of the narrative?
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