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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the regent die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1940.

2. Who is Albertina?
(a) Walter Sisulu's wife.
(b) Nelson's mistress.
(c) Nelson's sister.
(d) Nelson's secretary.

3. What year is Winnie and Nelson's marriage?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1944.

4. Where does the Congress of the People take place in Chapter 20?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Kliptown.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Cape town.

5. What nickname is the Johannesburg Prison given?
(a) The Cell.
(b) The Fort.
(c) Dead End.
(d) Black Den.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Pan Africanist Congress different from the ANC?

2. How old is Nelson when his father dies?

3. What do the ANC Women's Leauge protest in Chapter 28?

4. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?

5. Who does Nelson visit in Mqhekezweni in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson describe the Xhosa people in Chapter 1?

2. What are the initial goals of the Youth League?

3. Why do Nelson, his mother and brothers and sisters move to the village of Qunu in Chapter 1?

4. What sets the firm of Witkin, Sidelsky and Eidelman apart from other law firms at the time?

5. What is a positive side to so many of the ANC leaders being arrested together in Chapter 23?

6. What is banning?

7. In Chapter 25, how does the defense attorney trick Professor Murray?

8. What happens when Nelson enters the courthouse in Villiers in Chapter 18?

9. How does Nelson describe his future wife, Winnie, in Chapter 26?

10. Why do Nelson and his friend Bikitsha end up in jail in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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