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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 many years was the ANC an illegal organization before de Klerk lifted its ban?

2. Who does Father Hughes incorporate into his sermons in Chapter 71?

3. How many visitors can Nelson have a year?

4. What illness is Nelson diagnosed with in Chapter 94?

5. Who marries a prince in Chapter 82?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the failure of the stay-at-home in Chapter 41 move the ANC away from nonviolence?

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

3. How is Nelson's prison stay at Victor Verster different from his previous imprisonments?

4. How is Rivonia discovered?

5. Why is Robben Island nicknamed "the University"?

6. Who is Robert Sobukwe?

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

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

9. What are the "two tracks" that the government and the ANC are working on, according to Nelson in Chapter 88?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many ANC members that are just as important to the freedom fighters as Nelson. Select one of these members and analyze their role in getting the country to end apartheid, and answering the question: How does this individual influence the fight for freedom?

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

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?

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