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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is Winnie and Nelson's marriage?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1971.

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

3. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?
(a) African Nationals.
(b) Young African Men (YAM).
(c) The League of Young Men.
(d) The Youth League.

4. How old is Nelson in 1955?
(a) 45.
(b) 38.
(c) 30.
(d) 22.

5. Who is Albertina?
(a) Nelson's mistress.
(b) Nelson's sister.
(c) Nelson's secretary.
(d) Walter Sisulu's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What township is at the center of the Western Areas Removal protests in Chapter 16?

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

3. What is the nickname given for the Mandela Plan, in Chapter 15?

4. What major event is facing South African in 1958?

5. Where does Walter Sisulu go in an attempt to get support and weapons for the freedom fight in South Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Anton Lembede, what is the first step in liberation for Africans?

2. Why do Nelson and his friend Bikitsha end up in jail in Chapter 9?

3. What happens to Nelson's father in Chapter 3?

4. What is banning?

5. What does Nelson think about Alexandra in Chapter 10?

6. What is a positive side to so many of the ANC leaders being arrested together in Chapter 23?

7. How does Nelson describe his future wife, Winnie, in Chapter 26?

8. How does Nelson describe Chief Albert Luthuli in Chapter 15?

9. In Chapter 25, how does the defense attorney trick Professor Murray?

10. What sets the firm of Witkin, Sidelsky and Eidelman apart from other law firms at the time?

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