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'Cry, the Beloved Country' - Book 3

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do Kumalo, Absalom’s wife, and Gertrude’s son travel back to Ndotsheni?

a)

Plane

b)

Car

c)

Bus

d)

Train

2.

What do people in the village tell Kumalo they are worried about?

a)

Drought

b)

Disease

c)

Absalom's conviction

d)

Wildfire

3.

What does Arthur Jarvis’ son ask Kumalo for?

a)

Milk

b)

Water

c)

Bread

d)

Religious advice

4.

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?

a)

Meat

b)

Bread

c)

Milk

d)

Teddy bears

5.

What are Kumalo and his congregation preparing for at the church?

a)

A funeral

b)

A wedding

c)

A confirmation service

d)

Nothing

6.

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?

a)

An affectionate feeling you have for the past

b)

Hatred

c)

A strong resentment

d)

Overwhelming love

7.

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.

a)

Arthur’s son strides into Kumalo’s house without fear

b)

His eagerness to speak Zulu

c)

The boy and Kumalo laugh together

d)

The boy wears 'tribal' clothing even though he is white

8.

What does Kumalo send to James Jarvis after his wife dies?

a)

A card

b)

Flowers

c)

A letter of condolence

d)

Nothing

9.

What is agriculture to do with?

a)

Religion

b)

Education

c)

Nursing

d)

Farming

10.

What does James Jarvis want to build for Ndotsheni?

a)

A new church

b)

Houses

c)

A school

d)

A hospital

11.

What does Letsitsi, the agricultural expert, teach the people in the village?

a)

How to milk a cow

b)

New ways to plough

c)

How to read

d)

The lyrics to 'Own It' by Stormzy

12.

An Umfundisi is a term used to address who?

a)

A priest/parson

b)

Someone older than you

c)

A teacher

d)

A white man if you are black

13.

At the end of the novel, where does Kumalo go to think about his son?

a)

The base of the valley

b)

He stays at home

c)

A mountaintop

d)

His church

14.

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 ______."

a)

Question

b)

Potato

c)

Secret

d)

Challenge

15.

What does 'emancipation' mean?

a)

Losing freedom

b)

Gaining freedom

c)

Winning a prize

d)

Graduating university

16.

The novel ends with a sunrise. This could represent hope - what technique is this?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

17.

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?

a)

Adverb

b)

Metaphor

c)

Listing

d)

Juxtaposition

18.

Which characters die in the time period of Book 3? There is more than one correct answer.

a)

Kumalo's wife

b)

Jarvis' wife (Margaret)

c)

Absalom

d)

Gertrude