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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 documentary causes an argument between the ANC and the BCM members?
(a) A documentary on The Hell's Angels.
(b) Helter Skelter.
(c) A documentary on WWII.
(d) A documentary on women's rights.

2. What type of violent activity does Nelson's military arm of the ANC decide on in Chapter 45?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Guerrilla warfare.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Open Revolution.

3. How many years was the ANC an illegal organization before de Klerk lifted its ban?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

5. Who does Nelson use as a model to support moving the ANC into a more militant movement?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Castro.
(d) Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bram's wife, Molly die?

2. How is Nelson able to get back into South Africa and then get around, undetected, once there?

3. What does Nelson argue against in Chapter 62?

4. What kind of surgy does Nelson have in Chapter 89?

5. How many men in total are transferred from Pretoria Local to Robben Island in Chapter 59?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Nelson describe "living underground" in Chapter 40?

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

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

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

7. How is Rivonia discovered?

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

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

10. Why is Robben Island nicknamed "the University"?

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