Activities: Book One, Chapters 1-4. Includes questions about reading the introduction, chapter titles, locations, and whether statements about characters and plot are true or false.

Here are the answers to question 4:

• a) Only old people live in the hills above the Umzimkulu River.
  • ❌ False. While many young people have left, it is not only old people who live there.
• b) Stephen Kumalo receives many letters each day.
  • ❌ False. Stephen Kumalo lives a simple life and does not receive many letters daily.
• c) He has been waiting for news of his son.
  • ✅ True. Stephen Kumalo is concerned about his son, Absalom, who went to Johannesburg and stopped sending news.
• d) This letter has been sent by a priest.
  • ✅ True. The letter is sent by Msimangu, a priest in Johannesburg.
• e) It brings good news.
  • ❌ False. The letter brings news of his sister's illness and his son's troubles, which is concerning.
• f) Kumalo and his wife are wealthy people.
  • ❌ False. Kumalo is a poor village priest, and his family struggles financially.
• g) It is a long way from Ndotsheni to Johannesburg.
  • ✅ True. The journey from the rural village of Ndotsheni to the city of Johannesburg is long and significant.
• h) Kumalo must travel separately from white passengers.
  • ✅ True. Due to the racial segregation laws of the time, Kumalo, as a Black man, would have to travel in separate compartments.