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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What anniversary does the ANC celebrate in Chapter 94?

2. What are Nelson and the other inmates allowed in Chapter 87?

3. How does Bram Fischer die in Chapter 77?

4. What coveted item does the Coloured warden from Bloemforntein bring Nelson and his friends in Chapter 54?

5. Which organization comes to the prison in Chapter 65?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Botha's resignation move the struggle for freedom in the right direction?

2. How does Nelson describe "living underground" in Chapter 40?

3. Why is Nelson charged in Chapter 77 and what is he charged with?

4. Why is Nelson placed in the prison hospital in Chapter 50?

5. What makes Nelson leave Wolfie Kodesh's safehouse in Chapter 43?

6. How does prison life improve for the inmates of Robben Island by Chapter 71?

7. What does Jimmy Kruger offer Nelson in Chapter 79, and how does Nelson respond?

8. What does Nelson learn when Bram and Joel come to visit the prisoners?

9. How does Nelson describe Pollsmoor in Chapter 87?

10. Why is Nelson placed in solitary confinement in Chapter 52?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the key tool that the prison guards and wardens use against their prisoners: solitary confinement. What does this symbolize to the wardens and to the prisoners?

Essay Topic 2

How does the Communist Party impact the book? Consider how the party works with and against the ANC and their fight for racial equality.

Essay Topic 3

What does Jail symbolize in the text? Consider the various jails that Nelson spends time, how he behaves while he is there, and what his supporters do while he is imprisoned.

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