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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. Where do James Jarvis and Kumalo wait out a rainstorm?
2. What does Kumalo eventually find out happened to Sibeko’s daughter?
3. What does Absalom claim is the reason he did not simply turn himself in to the police?
4. What inexplicable activity does the character who unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate participate in?
5. Why is there little public interest in Absalom’s murder trial?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast Napoleon’s and Kumalo’s attitudes towards James Jarvis.
2. What happens to Gertrude at a church meeting at Msimangu’s mission? What does she do afterward?
3. 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?
4. What anxiety does Kumalo have over the death of Margaret Jarvis, and how does James Jarvis ease it?
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. 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?
8. Describe how Napoleon Letsitsi comes to be in Ndotsheni.
9. 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.”
10. Compare and contrast James Jarvis and John Harrison, Sr.’s attitudes towards blacks before James starts reading Arthur’s papers.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who or what serves as the antagonist in Cry, the Beloved Country? What are examples of ways that this antagonist acts as an obstacle to the protagonist's objectives? What symbolism and themes are connected with this antagonist?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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