Cry, the Beloved Country, Book 3

What is the name of the place where Absalom is to be hanged?

• Pretoria
• Pategonia
• Pafuri
• Golgatha

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

 When Stephen Kumalo returns from Johannesburg to Ndotsheni, he brings two people with him. Who are these people?

• his sister Gertrude and his son Absolom's wife
•  his son Absolom and his wife
• his sister Gertrude and her son
• his sister Gertrude's son and his son Absolom's wife

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following characters is also given a proper name through the course of the novel?

• The pregnant girl
• The young man from the reformatory
• The wife of James Jarvis
• The wife of Stephen Kumalo

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Who is the little boy on the red pony?

• Gertrude's son
• Absalom's son
• James Jarvis's son
• Arthur Jarvis's son

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

In Chapter 34, who do we find out is dead?

• Mrs. Harrison
• Mrs. Lithebe
• Gertrude
• Mrs. Jarvis

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What does James Jarvis send down to Kumalo's village?

• food
• eggs
• water
• milk

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

In Chapter 34, what sacrament was going on at Kumalo's church?

• Babtism
• Reconciliation
• Confirmation
• First Holy Communion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How did Arthur's wife die?

• She was tired of the sickness and drought in Ndotesheni
• She was depressed about the death of her son
• She had been sick with an illness for a long time
• She fell down and broke her hip

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following is NOT a theme that you've noticed in the book thus far? 

• the brokenness of the land of South Africa
• the issues with South African economy and unequal distribution of wealth
• global warming 
• the persistent racism and prejudice towards the natives

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following is NOT a suggestion that the agricultural developer gave Kumalo and the people of Ndotesheni in regards to their problems with the land.

• Stop burning animal dung because it is fertilizer
• Stop running your sprinklers during peak sun hours (noon to three)
• Start using trees as fuel
• Stop the tradition of counting wealth in cows because the cows over-graze the land

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9