Long Walk to Freedom Assessment

This excerpt is written in the _______ tense, from a ________ point of view.

• A. past; first-person

• B. present; first-person

• C. past; third-person

• D. present; third-person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The people named in the following passage are most likely _________ .

But the decades of oppression and brutality had another, unintended effect, and that was that it produced the Oliver Tambos, the Walter Sisulus, the Chief Luthulis, the Yusuf Dadoos, the Bram Fischers, the Robert Sobukwes of our time—men of such extraordinary courage, wisdom, and generosity that their like may never be known again.

• A. people who died in the struggle for civil rights

• B. white people who sympathized with Mandela’s cause

• C. the former leaders of South Africa

• D. people like Mandela who fought against apartheid

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following statements most closely expresses the central idea of the following passage (paragraph 12)?

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

• A. The struggle for freedom affects all people, not just the ones who aren’t free.

• B. People who take away the freedom of others are the ones who should be imprisoned.

• C. It is impossible for those who aren’t oppressed to understand oppression.

• D. Freedom is an ideal, but it isn’t possible right now.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

1. Mandela’s attitude toward his oppressors can be best described as _______.

• 1. A. bitter

• 1. B. forgiving

• 1. C. sorrowful

• 1. D. appreciative

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

1. Which of the following inferences best explains Mandela’s views about oppression?

• 1. A. Oppression is something that all people have to endure at some point.

• 1. B. Oppression can always be overcome by the strong-willed.

• 1. C. Oppression destroys lives, but it can also build character.

• 1. D. People who are oppressed should be forgiven for making bad decisions.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

1. Which statement from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

Question 5: Which of the following inferences best explains Mandela’s views about oppression?

• 1. A. “I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.”

• 1. B. “Perhaps it requires such depth of oppression to create such heights of character.”

• 1. C. “When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.”

• 1. D. “The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

1. Which of the following inferences best explains Mandela’s views about freedom?

• 1. A. Freedom is not a right; it is something that must be earned.

• 1. B. There is no such thing as freedom in the world.

• 1. C. Only wealthy people are free to do what they want.

• 1. D. Freedom is something people take for granted until it is gone.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

1. Which statement from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7?

2. Question 7: Which of the following inferences best explains Mandela’s views about freedom?

• 1. A. “The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed.”

• 1. B. “I walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.”

• 1. C. “But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibility, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”

• 1. D. “It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the vocabulary term with the following definition:

1. (in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race

• transformation

• inauguration

• apartheid

• obligation

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Match the vocabulary term with the following definition:

1. intensify or improve the quality of something

• transformation

• inauguration

• enhance

• obligation

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4