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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: Robben Island: Beginning to Hope - Chapters 71-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two hobbies does Nelson take up in Chapter 81?
(a) Racketball and chess.
(b) Baking and leather work.
(c) Gardening and tennis.
(d) Fencing and swimming.

2. What is Patrick Lekota's nickname in Chapter 80?
(a) Beater.
(b) Nightmare.
(c) Ninja.
(d) Terror.

3. What do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?
(a) Their own radio news service.
(b) A cricket team.
(c) A hunger strike.
(d) A cooking class.

4. What does Nelson think should be included in the Youth League's fight for freedom?
(a) Coloreds.
(b) No one except Africans.
(c) Communists.
(d) Indians.

5. In Chapter 62, why are the men asked to stop their work?
(a) They have broken all the rocks into gravel and they will start a new job the next day.
(b) To mend Jerseys instead.
(c) It is a holiday.
(d) The men go on a hunger strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who represents many of the arrested women in Chapter 28?

2. What nickname does Nelson get during his time underground?

3. Why is Nelson sentenced to isolation and food deprivation for three days in Chapter 65?

4. Who is Oliver Tambo?

5. How many men in total are transferred from Pretoria Local to Robben Island in Chapter 59?

(see the answer key)

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