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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. How many black miners die during their short-lived strike?
2. What does James Jarvis express when Kumalo tells him Absalom’s execution date?
3. What inexplicable activity does the character who unexpectedly appears in Ndotsheni with the village chief and magistrate participate in?
4. What building does Jarvis’ wife want to finance for Ndotsheni?
5. What option does Kumalo briefly consider upon returning home due to his shame regarding his family’s behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the reactions of Kumalo, Msimangu, James Jarvis, and the police to John Kumalo’s speech about black mining laborers need to demand more pay for their work.
2. Compare and contrast the lifestyles of James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo living so close to each other in the Natal province.
3. Describe the villagers’ reaction to Kumalo’s return to Ndotsheni, from the time he gets off the train until he reaches the church.
4. Describe Barbara Smith’s response to Kumalo’s question about her servant, and explain the significance of James’ translation of this answer to Kumalo.
5. What anxiety does Kumalo have over the death of Margaret Jarvis, and how does James Jarvis ease it?
6. What happens to Gertrude at a church meeting at Msimangu’s mission? What does she do afterward?
7. How does the village chief’s interaction with the magistrate and James Jarvis support John Kumalo’s earlier statement about chiefs, “He is a trick, a trick to hold together something that the white man desires to hold together.”
8. Explain the metaphorical usage of the rainstorm that occurs in Book Three, Chapter 3.
9. What is the Judge’s ruling in the cases against Absalom and his two accomplices, Johannes and Matthew, and what are the Judge’s reasons for his verdicts?
10. Describe how Napoleon Letsitsi comes to be in Ndotsheni.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's use of irony in Cry, the Beloved Country. What are specific examples of irony from the text? What type of irony is being used? How does this example further the plot of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss various adaptations of Cry, the Beloved Country and their relationship to the novel. What films have been made based upon the novel? What are the complications that a screenwriter might have in adapting this novel to the screen?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the historical context of Cry, the Beloved Country. When was this novel written? What real-life experiences influenced the author in this work? How does the novel reflect upon the political and social atmosphere of South Africa?
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