Review: Cry, the Beloved Country Book I

To begin the story, Reverend Stephen Kumalo receives a letter from Rev. ___.

• Absalom

• Msimangu

• Gertrude

• Vincent

The note that Reverend Stephen Kumalo receives at the beginning of the story says ____.

• his sister, Gertrude, is sick

• his son, Absalom, is sick

• his sister, Gertrude, is a prostitute

• his son, Absalom, is a thief

In order to make the trip to Johannesburg, Rev. Kumalo uses money that he had saved to ____.

• buy a new stove for his wife

• send his son to a university

• buy new black clothing for his job as a priest

• all of the above

When Rev. Kumalo arrives in Johannesburg, he is swindled by a ____.

• taxi driver who steals his wallet

• white politician who tells him that he needs tax money

• young man who tricks him into giving him money for the bus

• black priest who claims to be friendly

The situation in Johannesburg can best be described as ____.

• that of a small, up-and-coming city

• a progressive, well balanced city

• an old, aging farming community

• a racially and economically divided city

When Rev. Kumalo visits Gertrude, he finds that she ____.

• has a son whom she neglects

• has spent time in prison

• prostitutes & sells liquor for money

• all of the above

Rev. Kumalo’s brother, John, is a ____.

• priest living in Sophiatown

• well known black politician in Johannesburg

• factory owner in Shanty Town

• mine worker near Orlando

When Rev. Kumalo first visits his brother, John ___.

• does not recognize him

• acts as though he is talking to a stranger

• tells him that his son and Absalom don’t know each other

• invites him to stay at his house

The natives who have no place to live all go to ____.

• Sophiatown

• Johannesburg

• Alexandra

• Shanty Town

Dubula is ____.

• a black man who helps John with his political goals

• a white man who constantly torments the natives

• the son of Msimangu

• a white politician