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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. To where is Winnie banished in Chapter 82?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Brandfort.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Alexandra.

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

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

4. How many prisoners are on Robben Island?
(a) About 500.
(b) About 1000.
(c) No more than 6.
(d) 15.

5. What color are the uniforms given to the prisoners when they reach Robben Island?
(a) Red.
(b) Khaki.
(c) Grey.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Colonel Piet Badenhorst?

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

3. What two hobbies does Nelson take up in Chapter 81?

4. Why is Winnie unable to attend the first day of the trial in Chapter 55?

5. What does Nelson begin to read in Chapter 81?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes Nelson leave Wolfie Kodesh's safehouse in Chapter 43?

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

5. Who is Robert Sobukwe?

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

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

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

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

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

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