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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 is the name of the Gold Mine that Nelson goes to in Chapter 9?
(a) Crown Mines.
(b) Royal Mines.
(c) Sample Mines.
(d) Gold and Diamond Mines.

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

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

4. Who does Nelson visit in Mqhekezweni in Chapter 21?
(a) His mother.
(b) He old school.
(c) No-England.
(d) Justice.

5. Why does Nelson march with Gaur in 1943?
(a) As a symbolic gesture to join the Communist Party.
(b) In support of the Alexandra bus boycott.
(c) In support of the National Party.
(d) To protest the new land laws in Alexandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Lazar Sidelsky?

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

3. Where does Nelson move in 1946?

4. What does the word Apartheid mean?

5. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Nelson describe Sophiatown in Chapter 17?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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