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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 of the following is NOT one of the ways the agricultural demonstrator intends to improve the farming in Ndotsheni?
2. How do villagers respond to Kumalo’s return?
3. What other weapon was carried by one of the two accomplices?
4. What does James have a hard time looking at each day upon entering Arthur’s house?
5. From which province do both Kumalo and Jarvis come?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Barbara Smith’s response to Kumalo’s question about her servant, and explain the significance of James’ translation of this answer to Kumalo.
2. 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.
3. What does Absalom give as his defense for owning a gun when the Judge asks him about it?
4. In Book Two, Chapter Five, who does the author make ultimately responsible for South African law, Judges or white South Africans, and why?
5. Briefly describe the relationship between James and Arthur Jarvis. How does it differ from Arthur’s relationship with his mother?
6. Describe how Kumalo reacts when the Bishop tells him he wants to remove Kumalo from Ndotsheni.
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. Describe how Napoleon Letsitsi comes to be in Ndotsheni.
10. Summarize the main events of the meeting between James Jarvis and Kumalo at the house of Jarvis’ kinswoman Barbara Smith.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast how city life and rural life are presented in the novel. Which is given precedence, and how? Do you think this is a fair and accurate assessment of the virtues and vices of each lifestyle? Why or why not? Be sure to support your argument with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of intention in Cry, the Beloved Country. In this novel, the narrator points out when characters act cruelly despite opposite intentions. What are examples of miscommunicated intentions in the novel and how do they impact the plot?
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