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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 taken in Chapter 54?
(a) The countryside to be beaten in seclusion.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) Pretoria Local.
(d) To his home to visit Winnie and the children.

2. What is Patrick Lekota's nickname in Chapter 80?
(a) Nightmare.
(b) Terror.
(c) Beater.
(d) Ninja.

3. What day does the MK decide on to detonate their first round of bombs?
(a) Day of Freedom.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Dingane's Day.

4. Who marries a prince in Chapter 82?
(a) Zeni.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Zindzi.
(d) Thembu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who smuggles Nelson's memoir out of Robben Island in Chapter 78?

2. What is Botha's nickname?

3. Who does Father Hughes incorporate into his sermons in Chapter 71?

4. What do the prison authorities start in Chapter 84?

5. Who is Colonel Piet Badenhorst?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Nelson describe Pollsmoor in Chapter 87?

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