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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. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?
(a) Their childhood toys.
(b) Their own blood.
(c) Their hair.
(d) Their foreskin.

2. What is the nickname given for the Mandela Plan, in Chapter 15?
(a) The M-Plan.
(b) Operation Black Knights.
(c) Plan-dela.
(d) Code M.

3. Which church supports the winning party in Chapter 13?
(a) The Dutch Reform Church.
(b) The Methodist Church.
(c) The Baptist Mission Church.
(d) The Church of Christ.

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

5. What religion is Nelson baptized into?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname is the Johannesburg Prison given?

2. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?

3. How many ANC members are arrested in Chapter 23?

4. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?

5. Where is Nelson in Chapter 18 when he receives his first government ban?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson describe Chief Albert Luthuli in Chapter 15?

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

3. What is Nelson awoken to at the start of Chapter 23?

4. How does Section 3 of the autobiography end for Nelson?

5. How does Nelson describe the gold mines in Chapter 9?

6. What is banning?

7. Why does Nelson become a ward of the Regent?

8. Why does Nelson and Evelyn's marriage break down in Chapter 24?

9. What does Nelson think about Alexandra in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer keys)

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