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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. What does Nelson's speech at the Transvaal conference become known as?

2. Why does Nelson enroll in the University of Witwatersrand in Chapter 10?

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

4. Who gives Nelson his English name?

5. What do the boys bury after their circumscision in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the initial goals of the Youth League?

2. Who is Walter Sisulu?

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

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

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

6. What is banning?

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

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

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

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

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 does Nelson's view of "the white man" and colonization change over time?

Essay Topic 3

While Nelson's autobiography tells of his fight for racial equality in South Africa, it has been criticized for mostly leaving out the voices of women. Is this text sexist? Explain.

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