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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is May 1st known as in Chapter 13?
(a) Freedom Day.
(b) African Day.
(c) Weekend Day.
(d) Race Day.

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

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

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

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

12. 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 is arrested.
(d) He runs out of gas.

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

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

15. What is the colloquial meaning of Nelson's African name?
(a) Lifegiver.
(b) Prophet.
(c) President.
(d) Troublemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization are both Gaur and Nat members of?

2. Who is Justice?

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

4. Who is Professor Andrew Murray?

5. Which party wins the election in Chapter 13?

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