BOOK I Cry the Beloved Country Quiz

Last updated almost 8 years ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

The following quiz contains true/false and multiple choice questios from Book I (Cry, the Beloved Country).

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BOOK I Cry the Beloved Country Quiz

Last updated almost 8 years ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

The following quiz contains true/false and multiple choice questios from Book I (Cry, the Beloved Country).

Question 1

Msimangu has a "golden voice" that lifts Stephen Kumalo's up when he is in despair

True

False

Question 2

Father Vincent is Absaloms lawyer

True

False

Question 3

Stephen Kumal says "there is no proof that my son...was there at all"

True

False

Question 4

Absalom claims the murder was a mistake due to fear

True

False

Question 5

Mr. Carmicheal working on a manuscript called "The Truth about Native Crime"

True

False

Question 6

Why did Dubula ask Kumalo and Mismangu to walk instead of taking a bus?

A He wanted them to donate their fare money to home for orphans

B He knew that a terrorist group was going to attack the bus, and wanted to save them.

C The natives who used the bus were protesting a fare increase and were refusing to ride the bus.

D He wanted people to use the new free-enterprise taxi system he had started

Question 7

What did Mrs. Mkize tell them about Absalom?

A He had been stealing goods and was in bad company

B He was attending college and was studying very hard.

C He had been sent to the reformatory.

D He had left the reformatory to be with his girlfriend

Question 8

What is Shanty Town?

A A reformatory school for troubled youth

B The place for the blind where Msimangu and Stephen visit

C An area where natives put up their own homes

D Gertrude sneaks there to sell her liquor and continue prostituting

Question 9

What solutions are presented in Chapter 12 to reduce native crime?

A increase schooling faciliites for natives

B more police and heavier sentences for native housebreakers

C mass genocide

D both A and B

Question 10

10.

How does John decided to handle his son's defense?

A He is not concerned for his son and will not get involved in the case.

B He will have his son tell the absolute truth and beg for mercy.

C He will lie and say that his son wasn't there and says no one will believe Absalom

D He will blame the crime on the victim and all whites in general. Hoping to gain publicity and public sympathy.