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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What period did the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act apply to?
(a) 1960 to 1996.
(b) 1950 to 1994.
(c) 1960 to 1994.
(d) 1965 to 1994.

2. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?
(a) They were castaways.
(b) They were traitors.
(c) They were powerless.
(d) They could have ended apartheid.

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

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

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"?
(a) Retirement.
(b) Vacation.
(c) A trip to Japan.
(d) A sabbatical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many judges did Mandela have to nominate for the TRC?

2. When did the worst part of South African Apartheid start?

3. What does Tutu say the trials under Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ensured?

4. What happened during a hearing that made the media wonder if Tutu was the right man to head the TRC?

5. What did people fear would happen on the day of the first election that allowed black people to vote?

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