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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 nickname given to Nelson's new military arm of the ANC?
(a) WJ.
(b) BB.
(c) MK.
(d) NM.

2. Who is against Nelson's meetings with Coetsee and other government leaders?
(a) Mac.
(b) Walter.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Kathy.

3. How is Nelson able to get back into South Africa and then get around, undetected, once there?
(a) He only travels at night.
(b) He wears a fake beard.
(c) He grows his hair in dread locks.
(d) He poses as a chauffeur.

4. Where is Nelson arrested in Chapter 49?
(a) Cape town.
(b) Pretoria.
(c) Peitermaritzburg.
(d) Alexandra.

5. What two hobbies does Nelson take up in Chapter 81?
(a) Baking and leather work.
(b) Gardening and tennis.
(c) Racketball and chess.
(d) Fencing and swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nelson go after the verdict in Chapter 40?

2. What illness is Nelson diagnosed with in Chapter 94?

3. What does the trial in Chapter 55 come to be known as?

4. What do the men demand for their new job in Chapter 64?

5. What does Nelson make in Chapter 43 that eventually gives away his location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of Nelson's memoir writing in Chapter 78?

2. How does the ANC change over the course of Chapter 41?

3. In Chapter 49, what does Nelson report to the Working Committee?

4. What does Nelson learn when Bram and Joel come to visit the prisoners?

5. What makes Nelson leave Wolfie Kodesh's safehouse in Chapter 43?

6. Why is Nelson placed in solitary confinement in Chapter 52?

7. Why is Nelson placed in the prison hospital in Chapter 50?

8. What is the first job the political prisoners are given while they are on Robben Island in Chapter 59?

9. Why does Nelson travel back to Addis Ababa after his visit to London in Chapter 48?

10. What does Jimmy Kruger offer Nelson in Chapter 79, and how does Nelson respond?

(see the answer keys)

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