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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 old is Nelson in 1955?

2. Who is Evelyn Mase?

3. Where does the Congress of the People take place in Chapter 20?

4. What religion is Nelson baptized into?

5. What do the ANC Women's Leauge protest in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do African women protest in Chapter 28?

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

3. How does China become connected to Nelson and Walter in Chapter 17?

4. How does Nelson describe the Xhosa people in Chapter 1?

5. What sets the firm of Witkin, Sidelsky and Eidelman apart from other law firms at the time?

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

7. What happens to Nelson's father in Chapter 3?

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

9. Why does Nelson become a ward of the Regent?

10. How does Nelson recieve the name "Nelson" in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the Communist Party impact the book? Consider how the party works with and against the ANC and their fight for racial equality.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What does Jail symbolize in the text? Consider the various jails that Nelson spends time, how he behaves while he is there, and what his supporters do while he is imprisoned.

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