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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. How many visitors can Nelson have a year?
(a) 1.
(b) 15.
(c) Unlimited.
(d) 2.

2. Where is Nelson transferred in Chapter 87?
(a) Pretoria Local.
(b) Victor Vester.
(c) Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison.
(d) An unnamed jail outside of Cape Town.

3. What magazine are the men able to get in the prison in Chapter 65?
(a) The Economist.
(b) Time.
(c) Hustler.
(d) Jet.

4. What do Nelson and the others bury in the courtyard in Chapter 78?
(a) Pictures of family.
(b) Newspapers they smuggled in.
(c) Nelson's memoir.
(d) Escape plans.

5. What does Nelson give to the Wardens in Chapter 87?
(a) Vegetables from his garden.
(b) English lessons.
(c) History lessons on the ANC.
(d) Boxing lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one privilege that Nelson is able to get in prison by Chapter 71?

2. Where does Robben Island get its name?

3. What does Nelson start on his 57th birthday?

4. What is one inflexible event on the weekly schedule in Chapter 71?

5. What wins the elect in 1987?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Van Wyck say to the prisoners in Chapter 59?

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

3. Why is Nelson charged in Chapter 77 and what is he charged with?

4. How does Winnie appear, both physically and emotionally, when she visits Nelson in Chapter 63?

5. What makes Nelson yell at Micheal Harmel in Chapter 44?

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

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

8. Who is Robert Sobukwe?

9. How does Nelson describe Pollsmoor in Chapter 87?

10. How do the Bahamas advance Nelson's discussion with the government in Chapter 90?

(see the answer keys)

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