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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. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?

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

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

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

5. What major event is facing South African in 1958?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nelson recieve the name "Nelson" in Chapter 2?

3. According to Anton Lembede, what is the first step in liberation for Africans?

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

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

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

7. Who is Walter Sisulu?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nelson's view of "the white man" and colonization change over time?

Essay Topic 2

How do Nelson and the other freedom fighters use their various trials in the text as a way to further advance the fight for equality?

Essay Topic 3

While Nelson's autobiography tells of his fight for racial equality in South Africa, it has been criticized for mostly leaving out the voices of women. Is this text sexist? Explain.

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