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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 want to actively get women more involved in the fight.
(b) They believe all African should leave South Africa.
(c) They reject multi racialism and are more militant.
(d) They believe that Africans should work with the white government in a peaceful way.

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

3. What nickname is Alexandra given?
(a) Mean City.
(b) Dark City.
(c) Black City.
(d) Violent City.

4. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?
(a) As a symbolic gesture to join the Communist Party.
(b) In support of the Alexandra bus boycott.
(c) To protest the new land laws in Alexandra.
(d) In support of the National Party.

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

6. What religion is Nelson baptized into?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Methodist.

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

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

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

10. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?
(a) Because he never recieved his B.A. from his previous school.
(b) To pursue his dream of becoming an interpretur.
(c) To begin his law degree.
(d) Because the regent forces him to do so.

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

12. What test does Nelson pass in Chapter 14?
(a) Political delegate test of the United Party.
(b) Driver's test.
(c) Test to be president of the ANC.
(d) The Bar.

13. What organization does Evelyn get involved with in Chapter 24?
(a) The ANC.
(b) The Watch Tower.
(c) The Women's League.
(d) Communist Party.

14. What happens to Nelson on December 5 1956?
(a) He is named president of the ANC.
(b) He divorces Evelyn.
(c) He meets Winnie.
(d) He is arrested.

15. What organization are both Gaur and Nat members of?
(a) The Methodist Church.
(b) The Nationalist Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The African National Committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the ANC Women's Leauge protest in Chapter 28?

2. Who is Evelyn Mase?

3. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?

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

5. Who is Piliso?

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