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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event is facing South African in 1958?
(a) The general election.
(b) South African's involvment in American Civil Rights.
(c) A recent earthquake.
(d) An epic drought that wipes out 1/2 of the crops in the country.

2. What do the people of Nelson's village call corn?
(a) Mimmsie.
(b) Yummies.
(c) Mealies.
(d) Co-Co.

3. How many ANC members are arrested in Chapter 23?
(a) 156.
(b) 11.
(c) 55.
(d) 200.

4. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?
(a) The League of Young Men.
(b) The Youth League.
(c) African Nationals.
(d) Young African Men (YAM).

5. What do the ANC Women's Leauge protest in Chapter 28?
(a) The requirement to carry passes.
(b) Domestic Abuse.
(c) Voting rights.
(d) Equal pay.

6. What test does Nelson pass in Chapter 14?
(a) The Bar.
(b) Driver's test.
(c) Test to be president of the ANC.
(d) Political delegate test of the United Party.

7. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

8. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?
(a) To protest the new land laws in Alexandra.
(b) In support of the Alexandra bus boycott.
(c) As a symbolic gesture to join the Communist Party.
(d) In support of the National Party.

9. Where does Walter Sisulu go in an attempt to get support and weapons for the freedom fight in South Africa?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Russia.
(c) The People's Republic of China.
(d) The USA.

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

11. Who is Piliso?
(a) The chief or headman in charge of the mines.
(b) The friend who helps Nelson move.
(c) The policeman who arrests Nelson.
(d) The lawyer who helps Justice.

12. Who is Evelyn Mase?
(a) Nelson's cousin.
(b) The code name for the first ANC protest.
(c) Nelson's boss.
(d) Nelson's first wife.

13. What township is at the center of the Western Areas Removal protests in Chapter 16?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Sophiatown.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Qunu.

14. Who is Oliver Tambo?
(a) Nelson's communist friend who teaches him about Marxism.
(b) Nelson's brother-in-law who comes to live with him.
(c) Nelson's law partner.
(d) The president of the ANC.

15. What nickname is Alexandra given?
(a) Black City.
(b) Mean City.
(c) Dark City.
(d) Violent City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Gold Mine that Nelson goes to in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Nelson move in 1946?

3. What is May 1st known as in Chapter 13?

4. When does the regent die?

5. What year is Winnie and Nelson's marriage?

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