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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Notes on Novels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie feels that the South African blacks have a desperate longing to bring out their own what?
(a) Self-sufficiency.
(b) Creativeness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Innate abilities.

2. What does Bessie call Southern Africa?
(a) Home.
(b) Her little piece of hell.
(c) A forgotten culture.
(d) The unholiest place on earth.

3. What is the result of the casual sexual practices of the men of Botswana?
(a) AIDS epidemic.
(b) High rate of illegitimate births.
(c) Rise in alcoholism.
(d) More poverty.

4. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?
(a) Educational opportunities.
(b) Repetition and simplicity in life.
(c) Free expression.
(d) Safety.

5. What startled Bessie in 1965?
(a) The liberation of Africa.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) A letter from her father.
(d) An arrest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?

2. According to Bessie in "African religions," what is at the root and foundation of African religion?

3. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

4. Who is the main character in Bessie's first novel, "When Rain Clouds Gather"?

5. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that the only education for blacks in South Africa is what?

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