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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. Who is Chief Albert Luthuli?
(a) A dear friend of the regent.
(b) Nelson's father.
(c) The leader of the Nationalist Party.
(d) The man who is named president of the ANC at the ANC annual conference in 1952.

2. How old is Nelson when his father dies?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 7.

3. What nickname is Alexandra given?
(a) Black City.
(b) Dark City.
(c) Mean City.
(d) Violent City.

4. Where does Nelson first see Winnie?
(a) At a bus stop.
(b) In Jail.
(c) At the grocery store.
(d) In his office.

5. What are the arrested members of the ANC charged with in Chapter 23?
(a) Atheism and the denouncing of one Christian God.
(b) High Treason and a countrywide conspiracy to use violence to overthrown the government and replace it with Communism.
(c) Black Nationalism.
(d) Public protests of the Nationalist party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the trial moved in Chapter 29?

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

3. What does the word Apartheid mean?

4. What is the colloquial meaning of Nelson's African name?

5. What happens to Nelson on December 5 1956?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson describe Sophiatown in Chapter 17?

2. Who is Walter Sisulu?

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

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

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

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

7. How does China become connected to Nelson and Walter in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

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