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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?
(a) The Youth League.
(b) African Nationals.
(c) Young African Men (YAM).
(d) The League of Young Men.

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

3. What township is at the center of the Western Areas Removal protests in Chapter 16?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Qunu.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Sophiatown.

4. What does the word Apartheid mean?
(a) Lower than.
(b) Separation.
(c) Racism.
(d) Apartness.

5. What are the arrested members of the ANC charged with in Chapter 23?
(a) Public protests of the Nationalist party.
(b) High Treason and a countrywide conspiracy to use violence to overthrown the government and replace it with Communism.
(c) Atheism and the denouncing of one Christian God.
(d) Black Nationalism.

6. How many ANC members are arrested in Chapter 23?
(a) 200.
(b) 55.
(c) 156.
(d) 11.

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

8. What does Nelson's speech at the Transvaal conference become known as?
(a) Nationalism for the black man speech.
(b) Over my dead body speech.
(c) The No Easy Walk to Freedom speech.
(d) Freedom in our lifetime speech.

9. Who is Justice?
(a) The regent's son.
(b) Nelson's maid.
(c) Nelson's teacher.
(d) Nelson's slave.

10. What does Nelson think should be included in the Youth League's fight for freedom?
(a) Communists.
(b) Coloreds.
(c) No one except Africans.
(d) Indians.

11. How is the Pan Africanist Congress different from the ANC?
(a) They believe all African should leave South Africa.
(b) They believe that Africans should work with the white government in a peaceful way.
(c) They reject multi racialism and are more militant.
(d) They want to actively get women more involved in the fight.

12. What item does the watchman find in Nelson's suitcase in Chapter 9?
(a) A map of South Africa.
(b) A picture of Nelson's mother.
(c) A pen and pencil.
(d) A revolver.

13. Who dies suddenly from a stroke during the trial in Chapter 32?
(a) Dr. Malan.
(b) The prosecutor, Oswalk Pirow.
(c) Nelson's ex-wife, Evelyn.
(d) Walter Sisulu.

14. Where does Nelson first see Winnie?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At a bus stop.
(c) In his office.
(d) In Jail.

15. What is Marshall Squre?
(a) Nelson's school.
(b) The code word for the latest Youth League protest.
(c) The Jail.
(d) Nelson's town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?

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

3. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?

4. How old is Nelson in 1955?

5. Who is Chief Albert Luthuli?

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