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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) Communists.
(b) Coloreds.
(c) No one except Africans.
(d) Indians.

2. What is the colloquial meaning of Nelson's African name?
(a) Troublemaker.
(b) Lifegiver.
(c) Prophet.
(d) President.

3. Where does the Congress of the People take place in Chapter 20?
(a) Cape town.
(b) Kliptown.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Orlando.

4. What is the nickname given for the Mandela Plan, in Chapter 15?
(a) The M-Plan.
(b) Plan-dela.
(c) Code M.
(d) Operation Black Knights.

5. Who is Oliver Tambo?
(a) Nelson's law partner.
(b) The president of the ANC.
(c) Nelson's communist friend who teaches him about Marxism.
(d) Nelson's brother-in-law who comes to live with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe is Ellen Nkabinde a member of?

2. How old is Nelson in 1955?

3. What religion is Nelson baptized into?

4. Which party wins the election in Chapter 13?

5. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the two sides of the election of 1948?

8. How does Nelson describe Sophiatown in Chapter 17?

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

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

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