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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Up and Running.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Tutu decide to vote for the first election open to black people?
(a) A ghetto township.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) East London.
(d) Johannesburg.

2. According to Tutu, voting in South Africa was _______________.
(a) A spiritual experience.
(b) A burden.
(c) A difficult thing.
(d) A dangerous thing.

3. Why were the unarmed schoolchildren shot and killed during the Soweto violence in 1976?
(a) For protesting.
(b) For going to school.
(c) For not saluting the flag.
(d) For looting.

4. What does Tutu express he and the TRC had to constantly emphasize?
(a) They were not conducting a witch hunt.
(b) They were only prosecuting whites.
(c) Blacks were honest.
(d) They were racially blind.

5. How many amnesty applications did the TRC have at the time of its first meeting, according to Tutu?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 7,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu say impressed many observers and the South African people?

2. What did Tutu first suggest that TRC members do before abandoning the idea in face of protests?

3. What does Tutu say Mandela thought the reconciliation had to be?

4. Tutu was challenged by the media because _______________.

5. What did many people see the TRC doing?

(see the answer key)

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