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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who raised Bessie?
(a) Her mother's maid.
(b) Her father's parents.
(c) Her mother's sister.
(d) A black foster mother.

2. In "The woman from America," what about this woman and her husband poses the biggest threat to the village people?
(a) He loves her and is loyal to her.
(b) She is a westerner and not to be trusted.
(c) They have alot of money.
(d) They may be loyal to the Afrikaners.

3. Bessie Head was born in what year?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1938.

4. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?
(a) People ridiculed her.
(b) No one was interested in them.
(c) She got angry over issues and her ideas died away.
(d) She panicked and felt dead inside.

5. What was Bessie forbidden to do on holidays?
(a) Visit friends.
(b) Practice cultural customs.
(c) Pray.
(d) Visit her adoptive mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1965, what did Bessie write that the people of South Africa need to find in order to live together?

2. Who is Bessie referring to in "A Gentle People"?

3. In "chibuku beer and independence," Bessie states that if the government make a statement with no evil in it, then it may be what?

4. What did the American woman send Bessie?

5. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?

(see the answer key)

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