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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people of Nelson's village call corn?
(a) Mimmsie.
(b) Mealies.
(c) Yummies.
(d) Co-Co.

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Nelson move in 1946?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Orlando West.
(d) Back home to the country.

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

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

10. Who is Chief Albert Luthuli?
(a) The man who is named president of the ANC at the ANC annual conference in 1952.
(b) Nelson's father.
(c) A dear friend of the regent.
(d) The leader of the Nationalist Party.

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

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

13. How many wives does Nelson's father have?
(a) 19.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

14. Where does the Congress of the People take place in Chapter 20?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Cape town.
(c) Kliptown.
(d) Alexandra.

15. Where does Walter Sisulu go in an attempt to get support and weapons for the freedom fight in South Africa?
(a) The USA.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Russia.
(d) The People's Republic of China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church supports the winning party in Chapter 13?

2. Who does Nelson visit in Mqhekezweni in Chapter 21?

3. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?

4. What is the slogan for the Anti-removal Campaign in Chapter 20?

5. How is the Pan Africanist Congress different from the ANC?

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