"The Dare"
"The Noose"
"One Day, Lily"
"The Typewriter"
"The Gun"
Key dates
Mandela
Apartheid laws and society
Anti-apartheid groups and events
Key locations
100

What is the fruit commonly mentioned in "The Dare"?

Oranges

100

What is Uncle Richard compared to, in a simile?

A firecracker

100

Why was Lily's dad arrested?

Because he was part of an Anti-Apartheid group

100

Who is the main character of "The Typewriter"?

Nandi

100

What is the name for the group of ANC members who used violent resistance? (short version of the name is fine)

The MKs

100

When did Apartheid start?

1948

100

Which Black ethnic group was Nelson Mandela born into?

Xhosa

100

What was the racial hierarchy in apartheid, from most to least powerful?

White, Indian, Colored, Black/Native

100

What type of protest did people use to object to pass books?

Burning them

100

What’s the city that comes up most often in our study of South Africa?

Johannesburg 

200

What is the name of Rebecca's child?

Selo

200

What is the name of the place Jacob’s family is moving to?

Coronationville

200

What was the reason Caroline and Lily stopped being friends?

Their parents (and they themselves) had different opinions on Apartheid laws

200

What is the grandmother's name?

Khulu

200

What was the name of the Black township next to the farm in the story?

Mapoteng

200

When was the Sharpville Massacre?

1960

200

When was Mandela elected president?

1994

200

What event did most people consider the end of apartheid?

Mandela's election

200

What is the name people use for Nelson Mandela's most famous speech?

"I am prepared to die"

200

Where was Nelson Mandela held in prison, for most of his imprisonment?

Robben Island

300

What year does "The Dare" take place?

1948

300

What is the name of Ms. James’ dog?

Wolfie

300

Who did Caroline think Uncle Max was?

A burglar

300

How many people died in the police shooting at the funeral that happens in the story?

3

300

Who are Esi’s neighbors who also own an adjoining game farm?

The Hendricks

300

What year did the ANC Bombing Campaign start?

1952

300

What was Mandela's career, before becoming a full-time activist?

A lawyer

300

What form of identification did people have to carry or face arrest?

Pass books

300

What does "ANC" stand for?

African National Congress

300

What is the city where most government activity of South Africa takes place?

Pretoria

400

What was the name of the flower Veronica was dared to steal?

Poinsettias 

400

What is the name of Jacob’s sister?

Lisa

400

Who broke up with Lily, and then what was the name of the new person she befriended instead of Lily?

Caroline, Alice

400

What were the names of Esther’s 2 friends and collaborators?

Themba and Zinzi

400

What year does "The Gun" take place?

1985

400

What year does "Out of Bounds" (the short story) take place in?

2000

400

What was Nelson’s Mandela birth name?

Rolihlahla

400

Which South African president was the first to call for an end to apartheid? 

F. W. de Klerk

400

What is the non-abbreviated name for the MKs?

uMkhonto weSizwe

400

Where did Dutch settlers first settle, and what was their first settlement for?

The Cape of Good Hope/Cape Town; an area for restocking ships

500

What is the name of the drunk neighbor in the story?

Jan Venter

500

What is the name of the store where Jacob can buy the cap gun?

Solly’s

500

How old was Lily when her father was arrested?

6

500

What did Esther’s banner say during the protest?

"They died for Freedom"

500

What kind of car does Mackay own?

A land rover

500

What important event happened in 1885?

The Berlin Conference

500

When was Nelson Mandela born?

1918

500

What was the name of the law that segregated people into neighborhoods based on their race? 

The Group Areas Act

500

What were students protesting in 1976?

Classes being taught in Afrikaans

500

Where did "The Dare" take place?

The Magaliesberg Mountain Range