Cry, Beloved Country Recap

When was Cry, the Beloved Country written?

• 1940

• 1946

• 1953

• 1964

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is Msimangu's first name?

• William

• Theosophilus

• Reverend

• Stephen

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is Stephen Kumalo's sister called?

• Annabelle

• Gertrude

• Lithebe

• Mary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of narrator is used here? "His eyes filled with tears and deep gentleness returned to him"

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• Fourth person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which word means "all knowing"?

• Omnipresent

• Omnipotent

• Omniscient

• Omnibrow

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• Stephen Kumalo

• The chief of the reformatory

• John Kumalo

• Theophilus Msimangu

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What place is being described here? "great gate in the grim high wall"

• The reformatory

• The mission house

• The prison

• The shanty town

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What phrase did Absalom repeat frequently during his reunion with his father?

• I am sorry

• I do not know

• No my father

• I have nothing to say

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the Zulu word for 'god'?

• Umfundisi

• Kloof

• Tixo

• Kraal

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the language of the white/European inhabitants of South Africa in the novel?

• Xhosa

• English

• Zulu

• Afrikaans

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6