Nelson Mandela
Stage 4
activities answers
Before Reading
ChApTer 4 whIlE READING
1 Why did Mandela have to leave Wolfie’s flat?
Because people had seen Mandela’s Xhosa milk
outside the flat.
2 What was Mandela’s name when he worked for MK?
David Motsamayi.
3 Who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961?
Chief Luthuli, leader of the ANC.
4 Where did MK members plan their work?
Lilliesleaf Farm.
5 How did Mandela and his wife dress at the trial in
Pretoria?
In colourful Xhosa clothes.
6 How long was Mandela on Robben Island before he
was taken back to Pretoria?
Only a few weeks.
before reading activities (page 76)
For these activities, encourage students to exchange
ideas, and to speculate and to guess. Do not tell
them the answers that are factual; they will find out
the answers as they read.
ACTIVITY 1 BEFORE READING
1 F, 2 T, 3 F, 4 T
ACTIVITY 2 BEFORE READING
All words except e-mail, oil, horse racing, and desert
are in the book.
ACTIVITY 3 BEFORE READING
Sentences 1, 3, 4, and 6 are correct.
ChApTer 5 whIlE READING
While Reading
1 In the 1960s the police began using torture while
questioning prisoners.
2 Bram Fischer was a lawyer at the Rivonia trial.
3 Mandela was charged with sabotage.
4 The court could give the death sentence for
sabotage.
5 The police had found hundreds of papers but no
weapons at Lilliesleaf Farm.
6 Bruno Mtolo spoke against the accused at the
Rivonia trial.
7 In London, Joe Slovo led a march to protest against
the trial.
ChApTers 1 And 2 whIlE READING
1 Mandela’s first teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him
the name ‘Nelson’.
2 After Mandela’s father died he lived with his uncle,
Chief Jongintaba.
3 Mandela met Oliver Tambo when they were
students at Fort Hare.
4 Mandela ran away to Johannesburg with his cousin
Justice.
5 Walter Sisulu helped Mandela to find a job in
Johannesburg.
6 Mandela fell in love with a student nurse called
Evelyn Mase.
7 Dr Daniel Malan wanted black and white people to
live separately.
ChApTer 6 whIlE READING
1+e
2+a
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ChApTer 3 whIlE READING
1 The government forced black people out of their
homes in Sophiatown.
2 For two years, Mandela was forbidden to leave
Johannesburg.
3 The Freedom Charter said that everyone should be
able to vote for the government.
4 Winnie was Mandela’s second wife.
5 The police killed sixty-nine people at a protest in
Sharpeville.
6 At the end of the treason trial, Mandela was found
not guilty.
7 Prime Minister Verwoerd said that black Africans
should be called Bantus.
4+g
5+c
6+b
7+f
ChApTer 7 whIlE READING
1 Because she had not seen him since she was three
years old.
2 The story of his life.
3 Afrikaans.
4 In Pretoria prison.
5 Oliver Tambo.
Before reAdIng ChApTer 4
1 N, 2 Y, 3 N, 4 Y
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From the first day, Mandela protested about
conditions on Robben Island.
In winter it was so cold that the prisoners slept
in their clothes.
The electric light in each cell was never turned
off.
The prisoners were able to study, but their
families had to pay for the books.
Prisoners could have one visitor every six
months.
Mandela talked to Winnie through a window
while the guards stood behind them and
listened.
At first, the prisoners sang Xhosa freedom
songs, but the guards soon stopped them.
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1 Y, 2 N, 3 Y, 4 Y
ChApTer 8 whIlE READING
1 a, 2 b, 3 c, 4 c, 5 a, 6 b
ChApTer 9 whIlE READING
1 F There were black and white South Africans,
Indians, and Coloured people in the government.
2 F Most of the time, Mandela liked to wear bright,
colourful shirts.
3 T
4 F The South African rugby team won the World Cup
in 1995.
5 T
6 F When Mandela left the government, he moved to
Qunu in the Transkei.
ACTIVITY 3 AFTER READING
Open answers. Here are some possible sentences:
In the 1970s Robben Island was a prison, but now
tourists can visit it.
In the 1970s many people did not visit South Africa
because they did not agree with its government, but
now it is a very popular place with tourists.
In the 1970s black South Africans had to carry passes,
but now they don’t.
In the 1970s Aids was not a problem in South Africa,
but now it is a big problems for millions of people
there.
In the 1970s thousands of people were made to move
to the Bantustans, but now these places have become
part of South Africa again.
In the 1970s black South Africans were not able to
vote, but now they can.
In the 1970s the police could use torture, but now they
cannot.
In the 1970s black and white South Africans were
not equal. Now a lot of black South Africans are
still poor, but life is slowly getting better for a lot of
people.
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1 N, 2 N, 3 N, 4 Y
After Reading
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The hidden word is PRESIDENT.
Presidents mentioned in the book are P. W. Botha, F.
W. de Klerk, Nelson Mandela, and Thabo Mbeki.
ACTIVITY 4 AFTER READING
1 Mandela’s cousin Justice. His father, Chief
Jongintaba, wants to arrange marriages for the
two young men. Justice is thinking about the secret
journey to Johannesburg that he and Nelson have
planned.
2 Evelyn Mase, Mandela’s first wife. She has decided
that their marriage is over, and is about to leave their
home in Orlando West.
3 Nelson Mandela. He is working underground for the
ANC and MK, disguised as a driver and using the
name David Motsamayi. The police have identified
him and are about to arrest him.
4 Mandela’s daughter Zindzi. She is about to read a
statement prepared by her father to a large crowd
in Soweto stadium. Mandela, who is in Pollsmoor
prison, has been offered his freedom if he stops
using violence.
ACTIVITY 2 AFTER READING
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RepoRteR:
‘So, Ahmed Kathrada, now you are a free
man!’
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kathRada:
‘That’s true, but Nelson hasn’t been
released yet.’
RepoRteR: ‘And when do you think that will
happen?’
kathRada: ‘Very soon, I hope. I saw him at Victor
Verster recently, and he’s in good spirits. We’re old
friends.’
RepoRteR: ‘You were both on Robben Island, weren’t
you?’
kathRada: ‘That’s right. We were taken there after
the Rivonia trial.’
RepoRteR: ‘What were conditions like there?’
kathRada: ‘They were terrible for me. But they were
even worse for Nelson.’
RepoRteR: ‘In what way?’
kathRada: ‘Well, as an Indian I was given warmer
clothes and better food, for example, than the
Africans like Nelson.’
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ACTIVITY 5 AFTER READING
Open answers. Encourage students to discuss their
ideas and opinions.
ACTIVITY 6 AFTER READING
Open answers.
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RepoRteR:
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‘But you were both allowed to study,
weren’t you?’
7 kathRada: ‘At first, yes – but later the guards
discovered that Nelson was secretly writing his life
story, with my help.’
3 RepoRteR: ‘And how were you punished?’
13 kathRada: ‘We were forbidden to study for four
years. It was a difficult time. But now we must think
about the future!’
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