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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 were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to have?
(a) A support system.
(b) Guns.
(c) Bodyguards.
(d) Neutral clothes.

2. What made Botha pathetic during his hearing at the TRC?
(a) His physical appearance.
(b) His stubbornness and anger.
(c) His crying.
(d) The number of lawyers he brought.

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

4. What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims?
(a) Make them doubt they are children of God.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Torture them.
(d) Make them feel worthless.

5. What were TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to take?
(a) A second loan on their car.
(b) Breaks during the day.
(c) The TRC seriously.
(d) Vacations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in Israel in the late 90's according to Tutu?

2. What does Tutu say some black South Africans were forced to do in order to keep their family safe?

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

4. How was Tutu's message of peace perceived by Israel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Winnie Mandela want the hearing to be open to the public in "Chapter Eight, This is My Brother, I Know These Shoes"?

2. What happened on August 31, 1988?

3. What were some black South Africans pressed into infiltrating?

4. Why was reconciliation in jeopardy in South Africa?

5. What did Rwanda teach Tutu about genocide in "Chapter Eleven, Without Forgiveness There Really Is No Future"?

6. What did Tutu admit regarding the Anglican Church?

7. What accusation was made against a commissioner and how was it handled?

8. What did Tutu wonder about God in "Chapter Seven, We Do Want to Forgive, But We Don't Know Whom to Forgive"?

9. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

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

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