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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one privilege that Nelson is able to get in prison by Chapter 71?
(a) Individual prison uniforms.
(b) Conjugal visits.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Winter Hats.

2. What does Nelson learn he has in Chapter 85?
(a) A new grandson.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Bone fragments in his heel.
(d) Cancer.

3. Who is against Nelson's meetings with Coetsee and other government leaders?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Walter.
(d) Mac.

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

5. How does Bram's wife, Molly die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Kidnapped and beaten.
(d) Murdered by a mugger.

6. Who visits Nelson in Chapter 63?
(a) Winnie.
(b) His lawyers.
(c) A reporter from the Daily Sun.
(d) His mother.

7. What do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?
(a) A hunger strike.
(b) Their own radio news service.
(c) A cricket team.
(d) A cooking class.

8. In Chapter 63, what classification is Nelson given?
(a) A.
(b) D.
(c) C.
(d) 12.

9. What gift does Colonel Tadesse give Nelson in Chapter 48?
(a) Money to continue living underground for as long as he needs.
(b) An automatic pistol and 200 rounds of ammunition.
(c) A camel.
(d) Spices from his country.

10. How is Nelson able to get back into South Africa and then get around, undetected, once there?
(a) He only travels at night.
(b) He grows his hair in dread locks.
(c) He wears a fake beard.
(d) He poses as a chauffeur.

11. How many people are killed from MK's first car bomb in Chapter 88?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 100.
(d) 19.

12. What does Nelson protest about in Chapter 59?
(a) The beatings the men receive.
(b) The fact that they cannot read the newspaper.
(c) The short trousers.
(d) The fact that they cannot see their wives.

13. What happens to Ruth First in Chapter 88?
(a) She is sent to jail for treason.
(b) She is forced to resign from her job as a lawyer.
(c) She is raped by a group of police men.
(d) She is killed by a letter bomb.

14. What two hobbies does Nelson take up in Chapter 81?
(a) Fencing and swimming.
(b) Racketball and chess.
(c) Gardening and tennis.
(d) Baking and leather work.

15. How many witnesses does Nelson call during his trial in Chapter 51?
(a) 100.
(b) 0.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson ask his cook to make him in Chapter 95?

2. What is the seaweed used for in Chapter 75?

3. How many visitors can Nelson have a year?

4. How many prisoners are on Robben Island?

5. What do Nelson and the others bury in the courtyard in Chapter 78?

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