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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. Who is Oliver Tambo?

2. What happens to Nelson on December 5 1956?

3. What are the arrested members of the ANC charged with in Chapter 23?

4. What does Nelson do to keep the crowd calm when Yusuf Cachalia is arrested in Chapter 17?

5. How many wives does Nelson's father have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nelson describe Sophiatown in Chapter 17?

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

4. What happens when Nelson enters the courthouse in Villiers in Chapter 18?

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

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

7. What is a positive side to so many of the ANC leaders being arrested together in Chapter 23?

8. How does Nelson end up attending school in Chapter 2?

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

10. How does Nelson end up getting gas for his car in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Nelson change over the course of this book? Consider how his locations impact his identity and how his mindsets shift overtime.

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

There are many ANC members that are just as important to the freedom fighters as Nelson. Select one of these members and analyze their role in getting the country to end apartheid, and answering the question: How does this individual influence the fight for freedom?

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