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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 time are the prisoners awoken each morning?

2. What kind of surgy does Nelson have in Chapter 89?

3. Who is Mr. Swart?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the failure of the stay-at-home in Chapter 41 move the ANC away from nonviolence?

3. How does Winnie appear, both physically and emotionally, when she visits Nelson in Chapter 63?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Nelson placed in solitary confinement in Chapter 52?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What is a hero? Analyze the definition of hero and decide if Nelson is a hero.

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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