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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did those pleading guilty under the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act get?
(a) A deferred sentence.
(b) Full amnesty.
(c) Money.
(d) A fine.

3. What was the TRC in charge of providing according to "Chapter Six, A Victim Hearing"?
(a) A complete picture of human rights violations.
(b) Power to black people.
(c) The illusion of fairness.
(d) A scapegoat.

4. What did Tutu grow to accept as a child?
(a) Apartheid.
(b) His race.
(c) His faith.
(d) His father was white.

5. Where were many of the black leaders educated according to Tutu?
(a) In white schools.
(b) In Christian churches.
(c) Abroad.
(d) In prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who participated in a special unit task force in Tutu's story?

2. Who asked Tutu to head the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

3. How many goals did Tutu set for himself after his ordination in 1986?

4. How old was Nelson Mandela in 1994?

5. Who does Tutu state was the "high priest" of South Africa segregation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did some revolutionary splinter groups focus on according to Tutu?

2. What did all groups of the ANC agree to?

3. What was significant about May 10?

4. Why couldn't Tutu support blanket amnesty?

5. Why was December 15 significant ? How was it transformed?

6. What happened on the first day of TRC hearings?

7. What was the Sharpeville Massacre? When did it occur?

8. Why was the commission humbled?

9. What did the South African people have to figure out according to Tutu?

10. What did Tutu marvel at?

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