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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 do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?
(a) He leads an armed rebellion against the police.
(b) He recites poetry.
(c) He begins singing a protest song.
(d) He speaks to the crown in Sotho.

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

3. Which church supports the winning party in Chapter 13?
(a) The Church of Christ.
(b) The Dutch Reform Church.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The Baptist Mission Church.

4. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?
(a) Their childhood toys.
(b) Their foreskin.
(c) Their own blood.
(d) Their hair.

5. What major event is facing South African in 1958?
(a) An epic drought that wipes out 1/2 of the crops in the country.
(b) South African's involvment in American Civil Rights.
(c) A recent earthquake.
(d) The general election.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Lazar Sidelsky?

2. Who is Piliso?

3. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?

4. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?

5. What is the name of the extension of the ANC that is formed in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nelson become a ward of the Regent?

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

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

8. How does Section 3 of the autobiography end for Nelson?

9. What is Nelson awoken to at the start of Chapter 23?

10. What are the initial goals of the Youth League?

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