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

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

3. How is the Pan Africanist Congress different from the ANC?
(a) They reject multi racialism and are more militant.
(b) They want to actively get women more involved in the fight.
(c) They believe that Africans should work with the white government in a peaceful way.
(d) They believe all African should leave South Africa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church supports the winning party in Chapter 13?

2. What item does the watchman find in Nelson's suitcase in Chapter 9?

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

4. Who is Piliso?

5. What do the people of Nelson's village call corn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson describe the gold mines in Chapter 9?

2. How does Nelson describe the Xhosa people in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. What happens when Nelson enters the courthouse in Villiers in Chapter 18?

6. Who is Walter Sisulu?

7. How does Nelson end up attending school in Chapter 2?

8. How does Nelson recieve the name "Nelson" in Chapter 2?

9. Why does Nelson and Evelyn's marriage break down in Chapter 24?

10. Why do Nelson, his mother and brothers and sisters move to the village of Qunu in Chapter 1?

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