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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which tribe is Ellen Nkabinde a member of?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Sotho.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) Swazi.

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

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

5. Who gives Nelson his English name?
(a) His father.
(b) Miss Mdingane.
(c) The Mbekela brothers.
(d) His mother.

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

7. 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 recites poetry.
(c) He begins singing a protest song.
(d) He speaks to the crown in Sotho.

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

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

10. Which church supports the winning party in Chapter 13?
(a) The Church of Christ.
(b) The Dutch Reform Church.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The Baptist Mission Church.

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

12. When does the regent die?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1940.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Nelson's village call corn?

2. Who represents many of the arrested women in Chapter 28?

3. Who is Chief Albert Luthuli?

4. Which party wins the election in Chapter 13?

5. Who is Zenani?

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