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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of cancer did Tutu find out he had while on the TRC?
(a) Lung.
(b) Brain.
(c) Prostate.
(d) Liver.

2. In what capacity did Tutu visit Rwanda?
(a) As head of the TRC.
(b) As a private citizen.
(c) As president of South Africa.
(d) As president of the All Africa Council of Churches.

3. What does Tutu say some black South Africans were forced to do in order to keep their family safe?
(a) Plead guilty on trumped up charges.
(b) Kill black activists.
(c) Infiltrate the ANC.
(d) Pledge to the white government.

4. When did Nelson and his wife divorce?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1998.

5. What did the Dutch Reformed Church do for the apartheid government prior to 1994?
(a) Hid black fugitives.
(b) Denounced confession for whites.
(c) Provided interrogation rooms.
(d) Provided a theological rationale for apartheid.

6. What did Tutu think his cancer represented?
(a) The cost of his drinking habit.
(b) The cost for his sins.
(c) The cost for working with the previous white government.
(d) The cost of his work.

7. Who blamed Botha and his entourage for everything that went wrong at the end of the apartheid regime?
(a) The Security Group.
(b) The State Security Council.
(c) The State Senate.
(d) The South Africa Army.

8. Why does Tutu say many accepted the apartheid system?
(a) It was comfortable and familiar.
(b) It was profitable.
(c) It was practical.
(d) It was good for tourism.

9. Who followed the TRC workers and commissioners, according to the "Postscript"?
(a) Stalkers.
(b) Bodyguards.
(c) Fans.
(d) Mental health staff.

10. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?
(a) Killed children.
(b) Kidnapped school teachers.
(c) Went to church.
(d) Became as brutal as their oppressors.

11. What does Tutu state happened to many of the TRC staff?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were fired.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They were shattered.

12. What does Tutu express of humans and God?
(a) Humans don't believe in God.
(b) Humans failed God's plan.
(c) God loves every human.
(d) Humans displeased God.

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

14. What did Tutu wonder at the start of "Chapter Seven, We Do Want To Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom To Forgive"?
(a) How he can still believe in God.
(b) Why he accepted his commission.
(c) How God views humanity.
(d) Why man continued to sin.

15. How many volumes did the TRC commission issue on Winnie Mandela?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winnie Mandela's bodyguard plead guilty to?

2. What does Tutu believe about the white Afrikaner minority in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?

3. Why were the TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to stay disciplined?

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

5. What does Tutu say many people do not want to expose?

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