Cry the Beloved Country

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Cry the Beloved Country

Cry the Beloved Country

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kumalo's friend asks Stephen how he can continue to have faith in God when there is so much trouble in the world. What is Kumalo's response?

He admits he has lost faith

"Kindness and love" such as what he has felt since his return to Ndotsheni "can pay for pain and suffering"

Kumalo says "everything happens for a reason"

All pain and suffering will be worth the rewards of the afterlife

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kumalo's train travels through darkness, but then there is a sunrise. What is the sunrise an archetype for? 

death

birth

creative energy

happiness

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do people in Ndotsheni greet the unfundisi? 

With scorn; his family is filled with sinners

They cry with sadness for him

They are glad to see him

They are indifferent

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How are people in Ndotsheni getting water? 

From the stream

From the river on Jarvis' property

Rain barrels--it's been raining nonstop

They aren't getting water--they're dying from thirst and starvation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is the inkosikazi (pg. 256)? 

Jarvis' wife

The rain goddess

Tixo's female counterpart

Kumalo's wife

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In speaking of Jarvis, the friend tells Kumalo, "it is known here" ... then he tells him, "they call that you are returned" (256). What is known, and what does the calling represent?

They know the umfundisi is fearful and the calling is meant to make him feel better 

They know Jarvis' son is dead, and they cry their support for Jarvis

They know Absalom's crime, and people call to the umfundisi to show they are all part of the same community; they are Zulu

They know Absalom is guilty, and they cry in support of his punishment

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When Kumalo arrives at the mission church, what does he find? 

People singing a hymn of Thanksgiving

And empty, dusty building

Jarvis

There had been a fire when he was gone

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