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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. Who effectively saves Kumalo from being sent away by the Bishop?
2. Which of the following is NOT a reason the Bishop wants to send Kumalo away from Ndotsheni?
3. What word does Kumalo use to describe a quality about Arthur to James?
4. How does Jarvis react when Kumalo admits it was his son who murdered James’?
5. Where does Kumalo put his energy immediately upon returning from Johannesburg?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the incident Kumalo tells his friend about as a way of explaining his idea that James Jarvis is a compassionate man.
2. Briefly summarize Arthur Jarvis’s argument about the responsibility of whites to blacks in the papers James Jarvis reads.
3. Compare and contrast Absalom and his wife’s reactions to their wedding.
4. 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?
5. How does the focus of the novel shift at the beginning of Book Two? Who becomes a secondary protagonist and when does their story start?
6. Describe the build-up, events, and results of the black mining strike.
7. Describe how Kumalo reacts when the Bishop tells him he wants to remove Kumalo from Ndotsheni.
8. What is the Judge’s ruling in the cases against Absalom and his two accomplices, Johannes and Matthew, and what are the Judge’s reasons for his verdicts?
9. 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.
10. Compare and contrast the ways the novel ends “happily” versus the way it ends “unhappily.”
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
Discuss examples of foreshadowing in Cry, the Beloved Country. What is foreshadowed at the train station when Kumalo departs? How does the author employ foreshadowing to increase tension in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of power in Cry, the Beloved Country. What represents power in the novel? How is power achieved? What are the repercussions of having no power as seen in this narrative?
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