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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened on August, 1988?
(a) Adriaan Vlok was elected in office.
(b) A bomb exploded in the Khotso House.
(c) Soweto was bulldozed.
(d) Mandela was jailed.

2. Under what conditions were the trials under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act held?
(a) Open to the public.
(b) On television.
(c) Outside the country.
(d) Closed to the public.

3. Why was the TRC's neutrality questioned at the start of its mandate?
(a) Mandela refused to testify.
(b) The TRC was all black.
(c) The judges had no experience.
(d) Many staff were white.

4. What did many people see the TRC doing?
(a) Asking the victim to forget.
(b) Asking the victim to leave the country.
(c) Asking the guilty to denounce others.
(d) Asking the victim to give up the pursuit of retribution.

5. What does Tutu state was forcibly segregated?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) The black part of Cape Town.
(c) The cosmopolitan part of Cape Town.
(d) East London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu say many people forgot about the TRC according to "Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?

2. What does Tutu think would have happened if the prime minister had not rescinded the ban of reform organizations?

3. What was the date of the first apartheid legislation in South Africa?

4. What does the prime minister convince the white population it was in their best interest to do?

5. What does Tutu say of the politicians who crafted the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act?

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