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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Robben Island: The Dark Years - Chapters 59 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the trial in Chapter 55 come to be known as?
(a) The Communism Trial.
(b) The Rivonia Trial.
(c) The African suppression trial.
(d) The Nelson Mandela death trial.

2. Where is the trial moved in Chapter 29?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Sophiatown.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Pretoria.

3. What is the name of the Gold Mine that Nelson goes to in Chapter 9?
(a) Sample Mines.
(b) Crown Mines.
(c) Royal Mines.
(d) Gold and Diamond Mines.

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

5. What does Nelson wear to his trial in Chapter 51?
(a) The regulation prison jumpsuit.
(b) A traditional Xhosa leopard-skin kaross.
(c) The dirty clothes that he was arrested in.
(d) A traditional suit and tie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the arrested members of the ANC charged with in Chapter 23?

2. What gift does Colonel Tadesse give Nelson in Chapter 48?

3. Where does Walter Sisulu go in an attempt to get support and weapons for the freedom fight in South Africa?

4. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?

5. How old is Nelson in 1955?

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