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Worksheetsfrom Long Walk to Freedom Test
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins
How did Nelson Mandela try to serve his people?
He tried to live as and example for others.
He served on the highest court in South Africa.
He joined with others to work for an end to apartheid.
He put his family and occupation before his country.
What transformation was Mandela hoping for?
And end to apartheid in South Africa.
A new occupation.
Women's right to vote in South Africa.
Free education for all in South Africa.
According to Mandela, what are the twin obligations that every man has?
An obligation to his county; and obligation to his ideals
An obligation to his family; and obligation to his country
An obligation to his ancestors; and obligation to future generations
An obligation to his family; and obligation to his friends
At what point in his life did Mandela become aware that his freedoms were limited?
Ever since he could remember.
When he became a young man.
Once he was a practicing lawyer.
When he was in prison.
At the end of the text, what does Mandela write that he plans to do?
He plans to rest and write more about his life.
He plans to continue his long walk to freedom.
He plans to reunite with is wife and children.
He plans to lead his party and the South African government.
What word means duties to carry out?
profound
oppression
obligations
obstructed
enhances
Which word means to prevent; made difficult?
profound
oppression
obligagtions
obstructed
enhances
What word means unjust treatment?
profound
oppression
obligations
obstructed
enhances
Which word means improve?
profound
oppression
obligations
obstructed
enhances
Which word means very strong; serious?
profound
oppression
obligations
obstructed
enhances
Which example best describes the word profound?
an inspiring story can have this effect
music that adds to your enjoyment of a movie
Which example best describes the word oppression?
road block in a path
racism; segregation
Which example best describes the word obligation
responsibilities to family or friends
road block in a path
Which example best describes the word obstructed?
road block in a path
racism; segregation
Which example best describes the word enhances?
responsibilities to family or friends
music adds to your enjoyment of a movie
What makes A Long Walk to Freedom an autobiography?
It is the true story of a person's life, written by another person.
It is a mix of fact and fiction.
It is the true story of a person's life, written by that person.
It is a fictionalized story of a person's life by that person.
Mandela writes that his commitment to the people of South Africa was.....
at the expense of the people he knew best and loved most
only the start of what he would do for all Africans
in perfect balance with his obligations toward family
easy for his children to understand
Which statement shows that joining the African National Congress was a turning point in Mandela's life?
"I was not born with a hunger to be free."
"I was not troubled by the laws of man or God"
"I saw that it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of everyone who looked like i did."
"....that is when the hunger for my own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of my people."
Which of the following statements is a fact?
Deep in every heart is mercy and generosity.
In life, every man has two obligations.
The oppressor is robbed of humanity, just as the oppressed have been.
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years.
Which of the following statements is an opinion?
Mandela spent time in prison.
Mandela became president of South Africa.
People can be taught to love.
Mandela wrote A Long Walk to Freedom.
What does Mandela believe has been achieved for South Africans so far?
The have achieved the freedom to be free; the right not to be oppressed.
They have achieved everything that Mandela set out to achieve.
Very little has been achieved since apartheid is still in place.
Goth the oppressors and the oppressed have been liberated.
Select all that is true about Mandela and his life:
He felt free as a little boy.
As he got older, he sought the freedom for himself in his education and in his life choices.
He was jailed for 27 years.
He believed both the oppressors and the oppressed are hurt in an unjust society.
