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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 start on his 57th birthday?

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

3. Where is Nelson taken in Chapter 54?

4. What does Nelson argue against in Chapter 62?

5. What do Nelson and the others bury in the courtyard in Chapter 78?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nelson placed in the prison hospital in Chapter 50?

2. How does the ANC change over the course of Chapter 41?

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

4. How does Nelson describe Christmas on Robben Island in Chapter 71?

5. How does prison life improve for the inmates of Robben Island by Chapter 71?

6. What does Nelson learn when Bram and Joel come to visit the prisoners?

7. What does Jimmy Kruger offer Nelson in Chapter 79, and how does Nelson respond?

8. In Chapter 49, what does Nelson report to the Working Committee?

9. How do the Bahamas advance Nelson's discussion with the government in Chapter 90?

10. How does Botha's resignation move the struggle for freedom in the right direction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of education in Nelson's life?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does the historical theme of colonization influence Nelson's life and the text?

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