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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 type of tournaments do they hold on Christmas day, in Chapter 71?

2. What happens to Ruth First in Chapter 88?

3. What day does the MK decide on to detonate their first round of bombs?

4. What is Patrick Lekota's nickname in Chapter 80?

5. What does Nelson make in Chapter 43 that eventually gives away his location?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it so hard for people to visit the prisoners on Bobben Island?

2. Why is Nelson charged in Chapter 77 and what is he charged with?

3. Why is Robben Island nicknamed "the University"?

4. How is Nelson's prison stay at Victor Verster different from his previous imprisonments?

5. How does Nelson describe Pollsmoor in Chapter 87?

6. What does Lieutenant Van Wyck say to the prisoners in Chapter 59?

7. What makes Nelson yell at Micheal Harmel in Chapter 44?

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

9. Why does Nelson travel back to Addis Ababa after his visit to London in Chapter 48?

10. What makes Nelson leave Wolfie Kodesh's safehouse in Chapter 43?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the end of apartheid impact all South Africans? Consider all racial groups in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How do Nelson and the other freedom fighters use their various trials in the text as a way to further advance the fight for equality?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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