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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 do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?
(a) A cooking class.
(b) A hunger strike.
(c) Their own radio news service.
(d) A cricket team.

2. Who does Nelson get to see when he travels to the PAFMECSA?
(a) Walter Sisulu.
(b) Oliver Tambo.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) President Kennedy.

3. Where is Nelson taken in Chapter 89?
(a) Pretoria Local.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Volks Hospital.

4. Where is Nelson transfered in Chapter 95?
(a) Pretoria Local.
(b) Victor Verster.
(c) Robben Island.
(d) His home on house arrest.

5. Where is Nelson's trial moved to in Chapter 51?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Alexandra.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many witnesses does Nelson call during his trial in Chapter 51?

3. What type of tournaments do they hold on Christmas day, in Chapter 71?

4. Where is Nelson transferred in Chapter 87?

5. Where does Robben Island get its name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does prison life improve for the inmates of Robben Island by Chapter 71?

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

4. How is Rivonia discovered?

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

6. How does the failure of the stay-at-home in Chapter 41 move the ANC away from nonviolence?

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

8. How does Nelson describe Christmas on Robben Island in Chapter 71?

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

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

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