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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?
(a) Reconcile.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Give away their money.
(d) Take over the army.

2. Why was the TRC center in Eastern Cape?
(a) There was no room in Cape Town.
(b) Security was easier to manage.
(c) The first race wars were fought there.
(d) It was cheaper than other options.

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

4. According to Tutu, what would forgetting the past do to the segregation victims?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Make them turn to violence.
(c) Make them disappear.
(d) Victimize them twice.

5. What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tutu find the work at the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

2. Tutu believed the TRC saved South Africa from ______________.

3. Who would have been quick to lie in case of trials, according to Tutu?

4. What does Tutu say happened on the first day of the TRC hearings?

5. What was Tutu preparing for when he was asked to be the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to "Chapter Five, Up and Running"?

(see the answer key)

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