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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 encourages Kumalo to pray and look for things to be grateful for rather than to wallow in self-pity?
(a) Msimangu.
(b) Mrs. Lithebe.
(c) Mr. Carmichael.
(d) Father Vincent.

2. How does Absalom’s girl react when Kumalo tells her she will have to leave Johannesburg if she marries Absalom?
(a) She is pleased at the idea of a quiet, rural life.
(b) She sulks and wishes to break off the engagement.
(c) She wants to put her baby up for adoption instead.
(d) She demands financial compensation for the inconvenience.

3. How does Kumalo torture Absalom’s girl at first out of his disgust for her previous lifestyle?
(a) He tells her he knows Absalom is not the baby’s father and they bear no responsibility for it.
(b) He tells her she must give the baby to him to raise with his wife while she remains in Johannesburg.
(c) He tells her she must sleep with him if she wants to be looked after.
(d) He tells her Absalom has refused to marry her.

4. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
(a) Kumalo’s mother was a cook for the man’s family.
(b) The man worked at the reformatory where Absalom was held.
(c) His father owns a farm near Kumalo’s village.
(d) The man visited Ndotsheni to lecture on agricultural reform.

5. Which of the following worry that John Kumalo’s speech to black miners could lead to an uprising?
(a) James Jarvis.
(b) The police.
(c) Msimangu.
(d) None of these answers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is angriest that Absalom has disappeared?

2. How long does it take to erect Shanty Town?

3. What was the murdered man most well-known for?

4. What name does Absalom ask his father to name his child if it is boy?

5. How long is the waiting list for a new house in Orlando?

(see the answer key)

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