Top 50+ Solved Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following men is not a priest in the novel, Cry the Beloved Country?
a. Msimangu
b. Father Vincent
c. Mr. Carmichael
d. Kumalo
Q. What money does Kumalo use for his trip to Johannesburg?
a. The money he and his wife have been saving for Absalom’s schooling
b. The money he had been saving to build a Church
c. Money given to him by Jarvis
d. Money given to him by Msimangu
Q. Why don’t black mine workers bring their families to Johannesburg?
a. Johannesburg is too dangerous for wives and children
b. Their families prefer to stay in the rural villages
c. There is no housing for the families
d. The mine workers prefer to live alone
Q. Why are the village children dying in, Cry, The Beloved Country?
a. They lack milk
b. They lack bread
c. They lack medicine
d. They lack water
Q. Who orchestrates the building of Shanty Town?
a. Tomlinson
b. Dubula
c. Arthur Jarvis
d. John Kumalo
Q. Why did Absalom’s wife run away from home?
a. She wanted to work by herself
b. She was pregnant and did not want anyone to find out
c. She fought with her brothers
d. Her mother drank too much and did not get along with her stepfather
Q. Where are Absalom and Kumalo finally reunited?
a. At the prison
b. At the mission’s house
c. In Shanty Town
d. In the courtroom
Q. What is the central message of the novel, Cry, The Beloved Country?
a. Devastation
b. Hope
c. Comedic joyfulness
d. Fate of the miners
Q. Cry, the Beloved Country is principally about
a. man’s responsibility in society
b. superiority of men over women
c. crime and punishment in Johannesburg
d. racial discrimination in South Africa
Q. Why were the children dying in Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country?
a. they lack water
b. they lack shelter
c. they lack medicine
d. they lack milk
Q. What happens to Gertrude at the end of the novel?
a. She commits suicide
b. She returned to Ndotsheni
c. She returns to prostitution
d. She became a nun
Q. Of which religion is the Rev. Kumalo a clergyman?
a. Episcopelian
b. Methodist
c. Roman Catholic
d. Anglican
Q. Who is the co-defendant to Absalom Kumalo when he is awaiting trial for murder?
a. Cousin
b. Uncle
c. Brother
d. Grandfather