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Cry, beloved country book

1. At the start of the novel, the land around the village of Ndotsheni is shown to be

thriving.

failing.

empty.

urbanized.

Answer 1

2. Because of his family’s experience of Johannesburg, what opinion of the

People in Johannesburg join new tribes.
People find better work in Johannesburg.
People get lost in Johannesburg.
People in Johannesburg pay more attention to politics than to religion.

3.Which of the following is the best description of Msimangu?

He is a good and generous man who sometimes has a short temper.

He is a vindictive person who is unable to forgive the sins of others.

He is a funny man who never fails to make those around him laugh.

He is a confused and desperate man who is swept up by life in Johannesburg.


4. In what way is John Kumalo different from his brother, the priest?

John fears nothing and will risk his safety to help his people.
John takes part in the city’s politics and does not turn to the church for solutions to problems.
John lacks his brother’s understanding of and concern for the problems of their people.
John wants most to be left alone to live privately.

5. During the search for Absalom in Johannesburg, it begins to become clear that

Gertrude and John Kumalo are to blame for Absalom’s problems in Johannesburg.

Absalom has been involved in criminal activity and runs with a bad crowd.

Absalom has left the city and no one there knows how to find him again.

Msimangu is not as helpful as he could be in assisting Kumalo, who is new to the city.


6. Although Kumalo and Msimangu meet the girl to whom Absalom is engaged, the girl does not know where Absalom has gone or when he will return. At the same time, the newspapers report the murder of Arthur Jarvis. These things, along with what Kumalo has already learned about his son’s life and behavior in Johannesburg, combine to

foreshadow the possibility that Absalom is involved in the murder of Arthur Jarvis.

remind readers that Absalom was forced to come to Johannesburg because of problems in Ndotsheni.

reduce the tension in the novel and assure Kumalo that his son will soon be found.

lend weight to Kumalo’s feeling that it is very possible for the tribe to be rebuilt.


7. The conditions in Shanty Town, the treatment of the people who work in the mines, and the efforts of men like Dubula all contribute to

Kumalo’s early opinion of Johannesburg after being held up by a man at the bus station.
the white community’s furious reaction to Arthur Jarvis’s murder.
Gertrude Kumalo’s motivation to join a convent of nuns.
the injustice and inequality that mark daily life of black people in South Africa at this time.

Answer 2

8. By reading the writings of his son, the Gettysburg Address, and Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, James Jarvis begins to understand

the importance of gold and the mining industry to the continued prosperity of South Africa.

how someone like Kumalo could come to enjoy living in the city of Johannesburg.

why his son believed in and worked for a South Africa built upon justice and equality.

the point of view of those people who call for more police and stricter laws in Johannesburg.


9. When he learns that Kumalo’s son killed Arthur, James Jarvis’s response demonstrates that he is

a cold and ungracious man.
a man with the ability to forgive.
a man who angers easily.
a man who finds humor in odd places.

10. Because gold is discovered in Odendaalsrust,

Arthur Jarvis’s dream of equality for all South African citizens regardless of their race is brought to reality by reforms.
John Kumalo gives leadership of the civil rights movement to Dubula when he realizes that he has been tainted by desire for power.
arguments over unequal distribution of wealth in South Africa and the treatment of the miners divert attention from the trial.
Kumalo resolves that he must return to Ndotsheni to help the people restore their village.

11. What are the verdicts in the Arthur Jarvis murder trial?

Absalom Kumalo and Matthew Kumalo are convicted of murder and sentenced to death, while Johannes Pafuri is found to be not guilty.

Absalom Kumalo is convicted of murder and sentenced to death, as are Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri.

Absalom Kumalo is convicted of murder and sentenced to death, while Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri are found to be not guilty.

Absalom Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri are convicted of murder and sentenced to death, while Matthew Kumalo is found to be not guilty.


12. After the first interaction between Kumalo and Arthur Jarvis’s son,

James Jarvis realizes that Kumalo is the man he met in Johannesburg.
Kumalo decides to ask James Jarvis to build a dam above Ndotsheni.
the chief informs Kumalo that he will address the priest’s concerns to the magistrate.
James Jarvis sends milk to Ndotsheni for the young children of the village.

13. What occurs because James Jarvis hires Napoleon Letsitsi to come to Ndotsheni?

The villagers no longer respect their chief, and his leadership fails.
The problems the villagers have grappled with are immediately and permanently solved.
The villagers learn that they can work together to restore Ndotsheni.
Kumalo resolves to walk up the mountain on the day before Absalom’s execution.

14. Arthur Jarvis’s son is like his father in that

both have, as Kumalo puts it, a brightness that inspires others.
both grew up on a farm in Umkimzulu.
both work as social reformers in Johannesburg.
both learn to speak Zulu from Kumalo.

15. Which phrase best describes the language that Alan Paton employs in Cry, the Beloved Country?

coarse and jerky
lyrical and graceful
straightforward and stern
light-hearted and comical