Cry, the Beloved Country questions Can u answer?

[tim]

1. As the novel opens, the land around the village of Ndotsheni is depicted as
spent.
vacant.
urbanized.
flourishing.

2. His family’s experiences of Johannesburg have led Kumalo to think of the city as
somewhere people go to join new tribes.
somewhere people get lost.
somewhere that offers exciting opportunities.
somewhere politics matter more than religion.

3. Which description best suits Msimangu?
He is a comical man, and those around him often find themselves laughing.
He is a kind and giving man, but he can easily be angered.
He is a spiteful person, and he holds people’s sins against them.
He is a confused and hopeless man, and events in the city sweep him away.

4. How is John Kumalo different from his brother, the priest?
John Kumalo is a man who is unafraid of all danger and who puts the good of his people ahead of his own safety.

John Kumalo is a simple, small-town man without his brother’s passion for the plight of their people.

John Kumalo is a man who tries to avoid the spotlight and who lives his life in privacy and solitude.

John Kumalo is a man of the city, politically active, and does not think highly of the work of the church.


5. As Kumalo searches for Absalom in Johannesburg, he begins to understand that
Absalom has left the city without letting anyone know where he is going.
Msimangu did not help Kumalo as much as he could with his knowledge of the city.
Gertrude and John Kumalo have allowed Absalom to get into trouble in the city.
Absalom has chosen bad friends and become involved in criminal activities.

6. Although Kumalo and Msimangu meet the girl to whom Absalom is engaged, the girl does not know where Absalom has gone or when he will return. At the same time, the newspapers report the murder of Arthur Jarvis. These events, when combined with what Kumalo has already learned about his son’s activity in Johannesburg,
lessen the tension in the novel by foreshadowing Kumalo’s reunion with his son.
foreshadow the likelihood that Absalom is mixed up in Arthur Jarvis’s murder.
tie Absalom’s current troubles to earlier troubles in Ndotsheni that drove him to the city.
reinforce Kumalo’s hunch that the tribe can be rebuilt.

7. The conditions in Shanty Town, the treatment of the people who work in the mines, and the efforts of men like Dubula are all related to
the outrage expressed by the white community after the murder of Arthur Jarvis.

the injustice and inequality that characterize the lives of black people in South Africa at this time.

the reasons that Gertrude Kumalo says that she may decide to enter a convent of nuns.

Kumalo’s initial experience in Johannesburg of being robbed by a man at the bus station.


8. By reading the writings of his son, the Gettysburg Address, and Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, James Jarvis begins to understand
the importance of gold and the mining industry to the continued prosperity of South Africa.

how someone like Kumalo could come to enjoy living in the city of Johannesburg.

why his son believed in and worked for a South Africa built upon justice and equality.

the point of view of those people who call for more police and stricter laws in Johannesburg.


9. What does James Jarvis’s response to learning that Kumalo’s son killed Arthur tell readers?
Jarvis has a strange sense of humor.
Jarvis has a hot temper.

Jarvis is able to forgive a terrible wrong.
Jarvis is impersonal and distant.

10. The discovery of gold in Odendaalsrust leads to
sweeping reforms that improve conditions for all South African citizens regardless of their race, realizing Arthur Jarvis’s dream.
Kumalo determining that he has been in Johannesburg too long and that he is needed in Ndotsheni to help the people rebuild the village.
John Kumalo ceasing to lead the civil rights movement because he feels that his desire for power has tarnished his ability to lead.
disagreement over how wealth is distributed in South Africa and how the miners are treated, thereby distracting people from the trial.

11. What are the verdicts in the Arthur Jarvis murder trial?
Absalom Kumalo and Matthew Kumalo are convicted of murder and sentenced to death, while Johannes Pafuri is found to be not guilty.

Absalom Kumalo is convicted of murder and sentenced to death, as are Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri.

Absalom Kumalo is convicted of murder and sentenced to death, while Matthew Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri are found to be not guilty.

Absalom Kumalo and Johannes Pafuri are convicted of murder and sentenced to d

[madison86]

One of the most beautiful and amazing books ever written. Read it. Please? Pretty please- with a cherry on top? (or just give the first couple of chapters a try at least...) You won't regret it!