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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What good news does the group at Mrs. Lithebe’s house celebrate on the night before Kumalo et al. leave for Ndotsheni?
(a) They celebrate Msimangu’s imminent retirement into a religious community.
(b) They celebrate the sudden birth of Absalom’s baby.
(c) They celebrate Gertrude’s new job.
(d) They celebrate Mrs. Lithebe’s decision to become a nun.

2. What time of day will Absalom be executed?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

3. What other action does Absalom claim he took after ridding himself of the weapon?
(a) He encouraged his accomplices to turn themselves in with him.
(b) He planned to run away from Johannesburg.
(c) He returned to the Jarvis house to try to revive Arthur.
(d) He prayed for forgiveness.

4. What natural phenomenon is afflicting Umzimkulu valley when Kumalo returns home?
(a) Monsoons.
(b) Drought.
(c) Forest fires.
(d) Locusts.

5. At whose house did the police eventually find Absalom?
(a) Johannes Pafuri's house.
(b) Baby Mkize's house.
(c) Joseph Benghu's house.
(d) Ndlela Germiston's house.

6. What building does Jarvis’ wife want to finance for Ndotsheni?
(a) A school.
(b) A refrigerated outbuilding for milk.
(c) A church.
(d) A medical clinic.

7. What inexplicable activity does the character who unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate participate in?
(a) They pull up crops.
(b) They cut down trees.
(c) They mark the ground with sticks and flags.
(d) They dig up and remove buckets of dirt.

8. What vocation does Gertrude think she would like to try?
(a) She wants to be a nun.
(b) She wants to be a teacher.
(c) She wants to be a secretary.
(d) She wants to be a nurse.

9. Which adjectives does Mrs. Lithebe use to describe the people she thinks Gertrude should not spend time with?
(a) Greedy and immoral.
(b) Idle and careless.
(c) Brutal and mean.
(d) Promiscuous and vulgar.

10. Which of the following does John Harrison, Sr. hope will happen when the murderer is caught?
(a) He hopes he is jailed for life without parole.
(b) He hopes he is sent to a religious reformatory for rehabilitation.
(c) He hopes he is executed.
(d) He hopes he is sent to a forced labor camp in the mines.

11. Which of the following is NOT a reason the Bishop wants to send Kumalo away from Ndotsheni?
(a) The Bishop thinks Kumalo is not educated enough to handle the financial accounting of the changes coming to Ndotsheni.
(b) The Bishop thinks Kumalo has endured too much scandal to effectively lead his people.
(c) The Bishop thinks Kumalo is too old to organize the construction of a new church.
(d) The Bishop thinks Kumalo’s close presence must distress the grieving Jarvis family.

12. How do villagers respond to Kumalo’s return?
(a) They are indifferent and barely notice his return.
(b) They are disappointed to see his replacement leave the village.
(c) They are overjoyed to have him back.
(d) They demand his resignation because of his family’s immorality.

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

14. How does the agricultural demonstrator think the farming improvements will affect the future of Ndotsheni?
(a) He thinks young people will continue to go to the city because there will still not be enough work or food in the village.
(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 they will lead to the rebuilding of tribal life.

15. How many bullets were in the revolver at the time Absalom shot Arthur?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the three accomplices disguise themselves during the housebreak?

2. What word best describes the relationship between James and Arthur Jarvis?

3. What is Absalom’s wife’s response to her new home?

4. Who will the lawyer submit a final appeal for mercy to in Absalom’s case?

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

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