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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. Who is Professor Andrew Murray?
(a) The judge hearing the case.
(b) The prosecution lawyer.
(c) The defense attorney.
(d) An expert witness for the prosecution on the subject of Communist.

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

3. What does Nelson protest about in Chapter 59?
(a) The short trousers.
(b) The beatings the men receive.
(c) The fact that they cannot see their wives.
(d) The fact that they cannot read the newspaper.

4. What magazine are the men able to get in the prison in Chapter 65?
(a) The Economist.
(b) Time.
(c) Hustler.
(d) Jet.

5. How old is Nelson when he becomes a herd boy?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Nelson teach in Chapter 76?

2. Why is Winnie unable to attend the first day of the trial in Chapter 55?

3. What organization are both Gaur and Nat members of?

4. How does Bram Fischer die in Chapter 77?

5. What does Nelson's speech at the Transvaal conference become known as?

(see the answer key)

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