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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. What is the profession of the murdered white man?
2. How long is the waiting list for a new house in Orlando?
3. What is Kumalo’s connection to the murdered man?
4. What language does John prefer to speak?
5. Which character encourages Kumalo to pray and look for things to be grateful for rather than to wallow in self-pity?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gertrude react to seeing Kumalo in Johannesburg? How does she feel about her own behavior, and the prospect of returning to Ndotsheni?
2. How does the white reformatory worker’s attitude toward Absalom differ from all the other people who have interacted with Absalom that Kumalo meets?
3. Describe two sides of the debate that whites have about “native crime” as indicated in the conversations in Chapter 12.
4. What does Kumalo fear when he hears of Arthur Jarvis’ murder?
5. Why does the government like Msimangu as a preacher? How is he like John Kumalo in his oratory?
6. Describe the white reformatory worker’s reaction to the news that Absalom killed Arthur Jarvis, and why he reacts this way.
7. Why does Msimangu apologize to Kumalo after they have met the pregnant girl?
8. What happens to Kumalo as soon as he arrives in Johannesburg? How does this reinforce his feelings about the city?
9. Explain why the lawyer, Mr. Carmichael, takes Absalom’s case without payment.
10. Explain why Msimangu wants to see Mrs. Mkize alone rather than telling Kumalo after Mrs. Ndlela tells him the police are looking for Absalom.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role that religion plays in Cry, the Beloved Country. What different views on religion are presented in the narrative? How do Stephen and John Kumalo's opinions of religion differ? How are they similar?
Essay Topic 2
What do the gold mines symbolize in Cry, the Beloved Country. To what theme do the gold mines most relate? How are the gold mines perceived by the wealthy white elite? How are they perceived by the oppressed blacks?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Msimangu in Cry, the Beloved Country. Where does Msimangu live? What is his relationship to Kumalo? How would you describe Msimangu's perspective on life and the events in the novel?
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