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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. What does Tutu say many people forgot about the TRC according to "Chapter Eight, This Is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?
(a) Blacks and whites were put on the stand.
(b) It didn't condemn anyone.
(c) It prevented bloodshed.
(d) The judges were black and white.

2. In what year did Tutu find out about having cancer?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.

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

4. What type of staff does Tutu say were forced to put atrocities into their own words?
(a) Interpreters.
(b) Judges.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) Transcribers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tutu assert many people did at the TRC?

2. What does Tutu say Mandela's wife benefited from between 1992 and 1996?

3. What did Tutu wonder he should have done according to "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job"?

4. Why was the racist government of South Africa supported by Britain and the United States ?

5. What does Tutu say the rebels did during apartheid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were many graves opened?

2. Why were the interpreters shattered?

3. How were individuals, the economy, and animals affected by apartheid terrorism?

4. What did Tutu encourage the TRC workers and commissioners to do?

5. What does everyone have the capacity for according to Tutu?

6. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

7. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

8. What did Tutu admit regarding the Anglican Church?

9. What did Tutu find out about himself in 1997?

10. What was the worst thing about apartheid according to Tutu?

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