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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Nelson think should be included in the Youth League's fight for freedom?
(a) Coloreds.
(b) Indians.
(c) No one except Africans.
(d) Communists.

4. Who is Professor Andrew Murray?
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) An expert witness for the prosecution on the subject of Communist.
(c) The prosecution lawyer.
(d) The judge hearing the case.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

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

15. What test does Nelson pass in Chapter 14?
(a) Driver's test.
(b) The Bar.
(c) Political delegate test of the United Party.
(d) Test to be president of the ANC.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which tribe is Ellen Nkabinde a member of?

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

5. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?

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