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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 TRC workers and commissioners encouraged to stay disciplined?
(a) To not disintegrate.
(b) To avoid appearing bias.
(c) To avoid arguments.
(d) To avoid being emotional.

2. What does Tutu say his cancer helped him identify with?
(a) Drug addicts.
(b) The sinners of the world.
(c) Victims of apartheid.
(d) Victims of poor medical care.

3. What does Tutu say Mandela's wife benefited from between 1992 and 1996?
(a) The imprisonment of Nelson Mandela.
(b) Killings and assaults committed by her bodyguards.
(c) The ANC donations.
(d) White control.

4. What did the TRC struggle to avoid?
(a) Accusations of bias.
(b) Attempts at silencing it.
(c) Accusations of racism.
(d) Assassination attempts.

5. What did Tutu do while Winnie Mandela was in exile?
(a) He hid her location.
(b) He transmitted her correspondence.
(c) He took her communion.
(d) He allowed her to move abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adriaan Vlok admit at his TRC hearing?

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

3. What does Tutu maintain oppressors can do to their victims?

4. Why do some ANC members have to go before the TRC commission?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the interpreters shattered?

2. What did Tutu say was a profound sin?

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

4. What did Tutu wonder about himself in "Chapter Nine, Why The Heck Am I Doing This Thankless Job?"

5. What did Tutu say was shocking in "Chapter Ten, We Did Not Know"?

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

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

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

9. Whose confessions implicated Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife?

10. What happened on August 31, 1988?

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