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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major event is facing South African in 1958?
(a) A recent earthquake.
(b) The general election.
(c) An epic drought that wipes out 1/2 of the crops in the country.
(d) South African's involvment in American Civil Rights.

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

3. What does Nelson's speech at the Transvaal conference become known as?
(a) Over my dead body speech.
(b) The No Easy Walk to Freedom speech.
(c) Freedom in our lifetime speech.
(d) Nationalism for the black man speech.

4. What is the name of the Gold Mine that Nelson goes to in Chapter 9?
(a) Gold and Diamond Mines.
(b) Crown Mines.
(c) Royal Mines.
(d) Sample Mines.

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

6. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?
(a) African Nationals.
(b) Young African Men (YAM).
(c) The Youth League.
(d) The League of Young Men.

7. Where is the trial moved in Chapter 29?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Sophiatown.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. Who is Evelyn Mase?
(a) Nelson's cousin.
(b) The code name for the first ANC protest.
(c) Nelson's first wife.
(d) Nelson's boss.

15. 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 that Africans should work with the white government in a peaceful way.
(c) They believe all African should leave South Africa.
(d) They reject multi racialism and are more militant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?

2. Who is Professor Andrew Murray?

3. What nickname is the Johannesburg Prison given?

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

5. What is May 1st known as in Chapter 13?

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