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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who represents many of the arrested women in Chapter 28?
(a) The Nationalist Party.
(b) No one, it is illegal to represent women in court.
(c) The ANC party.
(d) Mandela and Tambo.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does Nelson's father have?

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

3. Who is Zenani?

4. When does the regent die?

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

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