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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ANC members are arrested in Chapter 23?

2. Who is Professor Andrew Murray?

3. How old is Nelson when he gets circumcised?

4. Which tribe is Ellen Nkabinde a member of?

5. How is the Pan Africanist Congress different from the ANC?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Section 3 of the autobiography end for Nelson?

2. What is Nelson awoken to at the start of Chapter 23?

3. How does Nelson describe Chief Albert Luthuli in Chapter 15?

4. What does Nelson think about Alexandra in Chapter 10?

5. What are the two sides of the election of 1948?

6. Why does Nelson and Evelyn's marriage break down in Chapter 24?

7. In Chapter 25, how does the defense attorney trick Professor Murray?

8. According to Anton Lembede, what is the first step in liberation for Africans?

9. How does Nelson describe Sophiatown in Chapter 17?

10. Why do Nelson and his friend Bikitsha end up in jail in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the key tool that the prison guards and wardens use against their prisoners: solitary confinement. What does this symbolize to the wardens and to the prisoners?

Essay Topic 2

How do the tactics and ideals of the ANC change the course of the book? What leads to these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How does the appointment of F.W. de Klerk to president impact South Africa and Nelson's life, in particular?

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