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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character shows the most disgust toward the Absalom’s girl’s behavior?
(a) Absalom.
(b) Msimangu.
(c) The reformatory worker.
(d) Kumalo.

2. What tragedy does the black woman suffer?
(a) Her child is disfigured when their house burns down.
(b) She is forced to give her child to relatives to care for.
(c) She miscarries an unborn child.
(d) Her child dies because she cannot access a doctor.

3. What strategy does the lawyer intend to use in Absalom’s case?
(a) He intends to center the argument around the testimony of the beaten house servant.
(b) He believes the truth of Absalom’s testimony and will center the case on it.
(c) He plans to hire false witnesses to claim they saw one of the other defendants fire the gun.
(d) He believes there is no way to win because Absalom has already confessed and is sure to hang.

4. What was the murdered man most well-known for?
(a) He had married a black woman.
(b) He advocated for a separate nation for blacks.
(c) He spoke and wrote publicly for equal rights for blacks.
(d) He was a rising local politician.

5. What does Kumalo harshly criticize his son for doing before the crime was committed?
(a) He criticizes him for leaving the village in the first place.
(b) He criticizes him for failing to find Gertrude like he was supposed to.
(c) He criticizes him for getting a young girl pregnant.
(d) He criticizes him for keeping company with “friends” he knew were not trustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adjectives does Mrs. Lithebe use to describe the people she thinks Gertrude should not spend time with?

2. How many “husbands” did Absalom’s girl have before Absalom?

3. Mrs. Lithebe is afraid which character will be a bad influence on Absalom’s girl?

4. How many black miners die during their short-lived strike?

5. What event occurs a few days before Absalom’s sentencing which foreshadows he is unlikely to get judicial leniency?

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