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Worksheets'Cry, the Beloved Country' - Book 3
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
How do Kumalo, Absalom’s wife, and Gertrude’s son travel back to Ndotsheni?
Plane
Car
Bus
Train
What do people in the village tell Kumalo they are worried about?
Drought
Disease
Absalom's conviction
Wildfire
What does Arthur Jarvis’ son ask Kumalo for?
Milk
Water
Bread
Religious advice
Kumalo is so overwhelmed by the suddenness of a gift from Jarvis that he laughs until he is sore. What is the gift that is delivered from Jarvis' farm to be given to all of the small children in Ndotsheni?
Meat
Bread
Milk
Teddy bears
What are Kumalo and his congregation preparing for at the church?
A funeral
A wedding
A confirmation service
Nothing
When Kumalo reads the letter from Msimangu, he is "astonished to find within himself a faint nostalgia for that great bewildering city [Johannesberg]". What does "nostalgia" mean?
An affectionate feeling you have for the past
Hatred
A strong resentment
Overwhelming love
Arthur’s son shows a lack of concern for the racial divisions of South African society. What things suggest this?
There are THREE correct answers.
Arthur’s son strides into Kumalo’s house without fear
His eagerness to speak Zulu
The boy and Kumalo laugh together
The boy wears 'tribal' clothing even though he is white
What does Kumalo send to James Jarvis after his wife dies?
A card
Flowers
A letter of condolence
Nothing
What is agriculture to do with?
Religion
Education
Nursing
Farming
What does James Jarvis want to build for Ndotsheni?
A new church
Houses
A school
A hospital
What does Letsitsi, the agricultural expert, teach the people in the village?
How to milk a cow
New ways to plough
How to read
The lyrics to 'Own It' by Stormzy
An Umfundisi is a term used to address who?
A priest/parson
Someone older than you
A teacher
A white man if you are black
At the end of the novel, where does Kumalo go to think about his son?
The base of the valley
He stays at home
A mountaintop
His church
What word is missing from the novel's final sentence?
"But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a ______."
Question
Potato
Secret
Challenge
What does 'emancipation' mean?
Losing freedom
Gaining freedom
Winning a prize
Graduating university
The novel ends with a sunrise. This could represent hope - what technique is this?
Symbolism
Alliteration
Simile
Onomatopoeia
The novel ends with a sunrise, which happens at the beginning of a day, but we also know this marks the ending of Absalom's life. What technique is this?
Adverb
Metaphor
Listing
Juxtaposition
Which characters die in the time period of Book 3? There is more than one correct answer.
Kumalo's wife
Jarvis' wife (Margaret)
Absalom
Gertrude
