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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason Absalom gives for having a revolver at all?
(a) Because he thought it would frighten people off.
(b) Because he thought he needed it for self-defense.
(c) Because he was told Johannesburg was a dangerous city.
(d) Because he had grown up having and using guns.

2. Why are Absalom’s accomplices angry with him?
(a) Because he is collecting false witnesses who saw them at the crime scene.
(b) Because he lied to the police about which of them shot Arthur Jarvis.
(c) Because he refuses to lie and take all the blame for the crime upon himself.
(d) Because he faked illness to get a better prison cell than them.

3. What does Absalom claim is the reason he did not simply turn himself in to the police?
(a) He was too afraid to confess even though he intended to.
(b) He believed he was well enough hidden that the police would never find him.
(c) He believed the police mainly suspected someone else.
(d) He thought if he left Johannesburg no one would bother to hunt him down.

4. How does the agricultural demonstrator think the farming improvements will affect the future of Ndotsheni?
(a) He thinks they will lead to the rebuilding of tribal life.
(b) He has a scientist’s experimental attitude and wants to wait and see what happens.
(c) He thinks they will allow blacks to be self-sufficient and raised out of poverty.
(d) He thinks young people will continue to go to the city because there will still not be enough work or food in the village.

5. What was the motive for Absalom and his accomplices to break into the Jarvis house?
(a) They were involved in a grudge match with one of Jarvis’ servants.
(b) They were going to kidnap one of Jarvis’ children and hold it for ransom.
(c) They sought retribution for being fired from the Jarvis household.
(d) They wanted to steal goods to sell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does John Harrison, Sr. hope will happen when the murderer is caught?

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

3. What made-up story does Kumalo tell his brother during their last meeting out of spite?

4. Which of the following worry that John Kumalo’s speech to black miners could lead to an uprising?

5. Why is there little public interest in Absalom’s murder trial?

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