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

2. 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 believe that Africans should work with the white government in a peaceful way.
(d) They reject multi racialism and are more militant.

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

4. What is the slogan for the Anti-removal Campaign in Chapter 20?
(a) Freedom first.
(b) Over our dead bodies.
(c) Unity forever.
(d) Peace above all.

5. What township is at the center of the Western Areas Removal protests in Chapter 16?
(a) Qunu.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Sophiatown.
(d) Cape Town.

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

7. What do the ANC Women's Leauge protest in Chapter 28?
(a) Domestic Abuse.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Equal pay.
(d) The requirement to carry passes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?

2. Which party wins the election in Chapter 13?

3. What does Nelson think should be included in the Youth League's fight for freedom?

4. Which tribe is Ellen Nkabinde a member of?

5. What test does Nelson pass in Chapter 14?

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