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

2. How many years apart are Winnie's visits to Nelson?
(a) 1.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. What topic does Nelson teach in Chapter 76?
(a) ANC history.
(b) American civil rights movement.
(c) Gender equality.
(d) Political economy.

4. What organization does Mr. Hynning represent?
(a) The American Bar Association.
(b) The ANC.
(c) The PAC.
(d) The Internationl Red Cross.

5. What does Nelson begin to read in Chapter 81?
(a) Playboy.
(b) Afrikaner history books.
(c) The classics.
(d) Journals written by the other prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where is Winnie banished in Chapter 82?

2. What does Colonel Marx ask Nelson in Chapter 92?

3. In Chapter 62, why are the men asked to stop their work?

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

5. Why does Nelson black out in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Rivonia discovered?

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

4. Why is it so hard for people to visit the prisoners on Bobben Island?

5. What are the "two tracks" that the government and the ANC are working on, according to Nelson in Chapter 88?

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

7. How does Botha's resignation move the struggle for freedom in the right direction?

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

9. How is Nelson's prison stay at Victor Verster different from his previous imprisonments?

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

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