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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the colloquial meaning of Nelson's African name?
(a) Prophet.
(b) Lifegiver.
(c) President.
(d) Troublemaker.
2. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.
3. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?
(a) To begin his law degree.
(b) To pursue his dream of becoming an interpretur.
(c) Because the regent forces him to do so.
(d) Because he never recieved his B.A. from his previous school.
4. Where is the trial moved in Chapter 29?
(a) Sophiatown.
(b) Pretoria.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Alexandra.
5. What happens to Nelson on December 5 1956?
(a) He meets Winnie.
(b) He is named president of the ANC.
(c) He divorces Evelyn.
(d) He is arrested.
6. What happens to Nelson when he is passing through Kroonstad in Chapter 14?
(a) He hits a white child.
(b) He runs out of gas.
(c) The crashes into a white driver.
(d) He is arrested.
7. Who is Albertina?
(a) Nelson's sister.
(b) Walter Sisulu's wife.
(c) Nelson's secretary.
(d) Nelson's mistress.
8. Where does Nelson move in 1946?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Orlando West.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Back home to the country.
9. What nickname is Alexandra given?
(a) Black City.
(b) Violent City.
(c) Dark City.
(d) Mean City.
10. What is May 1st known as in Chapter 13?
(a) Freedom Day.
(b) Weekend Day.
(c) African Day.
(d) Race Day.
11. When does the regent die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1940.
12. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?
(a) In support of the National Party.
(b) In support of the Alexandra bus boycott.
(c) To protest the new land laws in Alexandra.
(d) As a symbolic gesture to join the Communist Party.
13. What nickname is the Johannesburg Prison given?
(a) Dead End.
(b) The Cell.
(c) The Fort.
(d) Black Den.
14. Who is Evelyn Mase?
(a) Nelson's first wife.
(b) The code name for the first ANC protest.
(c) Nelson's cousin.
(d) Nelson's boss.
15. What are the arrested members of the ANC charged with in Chapter 23?
(a) Atheism and the denouncing of one Christian God.
(b) High Treason and a countrywide conspiracy to use violence to overthrown the government and replace it with Communism.
(c) Black Nationalism.
(d) Public protests of the Nationalist party.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nelson's speech at the Transvaal conference become known as?
2. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?
3. What year is Winnie and Nelson's marriage?
4. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?
5. Who does Nelson visit in Mqhekezweni in Chapter 21?
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