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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: Robben Island: Beginning to Hope - Chapters 71-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nelson begin to read in Chapter 81?
(a) Journals written by the other prisoners.
(b) The classics.
(c) Afrikaner history books.
(d) Playboy.

2. What is one privilege that Nelson is able to get in prison by Chapter 71?
(a) Individual prison uniforms.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Winter Hats.
(d) Conjugal visits.

3. What happens to Nelson when he is passing through Kroonstad in Chapter 14?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He runs out of gas.
(c) The crashes into a white driver.
(d) He hits a white child.

4. What is Patrick Lekota's nickname in Chapter 80?
(a) Nightmare.
(b) Beater.
(c) Ninja.
(d) Terror.

5. What two hobbies does Nelson take up in Chapter 81?
(a) Baking and leather work.
(b) Racketball and chess.
(c) Gardening and tennis.
(d) Fencing and swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?

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

3. Where does Nelson go after the verdict in Chapter 40?

4. What are the prisoners granted the right to do in 1980?

5. What topic does Nelson teach in Chapter 76?

(see the answer key)

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