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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colonel Marx ask Nelson in Chapter 92?
(a) Do you want a cold drink?
(b) Why do you hate white people?
(c) Do you want to be free?
(d) When will you ever give up?

2. Where is Nelson transferred in Chapter 87?
(a) Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison.
(b) Victor Vester.
(c) An unnamed jail outside of Cape Town.
(d) Pretoria Local.

3. To where is Winnie banished in Chapter 82?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Brandfort.
(d) Cape Town.

4. Who is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984?
(a) Oliver Tambo.
(b) Bishop Desmond Tutu.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Nelson.

5. Who is Mr. Swart?
(a) Nelson's attorney.
(b) Nelson's cook.
(c) Nelson's prison guard.
(d) de Klerk's assistant.

6. How many prisoners are on Robben Island?
(a) About 500.
(b) About 1000.
(c) No more than 6.
(d) 15.

7. What documentary causes an argument between the ANC and the BCM members?
(a) Helter Skelter.
(b) A documentary on women's rights.
(c) A documentary on WWII.
(d) A documentary on The Hell's Angels.

8. Why does Nelson black out in Chapter 52?
(a) The unbearable heat.
(b) Overdose on high blood pressure medication.
(c) He is beaten by a guard.
(d) He is starved.

9. Where is Nelson taken in Chapter 54?
(a) The countryside to be beaten in seclusion.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) To his home to visit Winnie and the children.
(d) Pretoria Local.

10. What type of tournaments do they hold on Christmas day, in Chapter 71?
(a) Chess and checkers.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Cricket.

11. Who does Nelson use as a model to support moving the ANC into a more militant movement?
(a) Castro.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Hitler.

12. How many years apart are Winnie's visits to Nelson?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

13. What does the trial in Chapter 55 come to be known as?
(a) The Rivonia Trial.
(b) The African suppression trial.
(c) The Nelson Mandela death trial.
(d) The Communism Trial.

14. What do the men demand for their new job in Chapter 64?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Lighter shovels.
(c) Sunscreen.
(d) Better shoes.

15. Who visits Nelson in the hospital in Chapter 89?
(a) Botha.
(b) Kobie Coetsee.
(c) WInnie.
(d) de Klerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ruth First in Chapter 88?

2. What do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?

3. Where is Nelson's trial moved to in Chapter 51?

4. What is the nickname given to Nelson's new military arm of the ANC?

5. Who does Nelson get to see when he travels to the PAFMECSA?

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