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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which party wins the election in Chapter 13?
(a) The Tribal Council.
(b) The United Party.
(c) The ANC.
(d) The National Party.

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

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

5. Who is Albertina?
(a) Walter Sisulu's wife.
(b) Nelson's sister.
(c) Nelson's secretary.
(d) Nelson's mistress.

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

7. Who is Zenani?
(a) The name of the judge hearing the case.
(b) The town that Nelson and Winnie move to.
(c) Nelson and Winnie's first child together.
(d) Winnie's sister.

8. What religion is Lazar Sidelsky?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

9. Who is Piliso?
(a) The friend who helps Nelson move.
(b) The chief or headman in charge of the mines.
(c) The lawyer who helps Justice.
(d) The policeman who arrests Nelson.

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

11. What nickname is the Johannesburg Prison given?
(a) Black Den.
(b) The Cell.
(c) Dead End.
(d) The Fort.

12. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?
(a) He recites poetry.
(b) He begins singing a protest song.
(c) He speaks to the crown in Sotho.
(d) He leads an armed rebellion against the police.

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

14. What year is Winnie and Nelson's marriage?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1971.

15. Where is Nelson in Chapter 18 when he receives his first government ban?
(a) A traffic stop in Cape Town.
(b) A courthouse in Villiers.
(c) A meeting of the ANC in Johannesburg.
(d) His home in Orlando.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chief Albert Luthuli?

2. Where does the Congress of the People take place in Chapter 20?

3. Who is Evelyn Mase?

4. What is the nickname given for the Mandela Plan, in Chapter 15?

5. How old is Nelson when his father dies?

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