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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. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Intimidating.

2. In 1964, where did Bessie move to?
(a) Atteridgeville.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Botswana.

3. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?
(a) Creative and beautiful.
(b) Lazy and spoiled.
(c) Exciting and adventurous.
(d) Wealthy but caring.

4. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Religion.
(b) Drink.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Madness.

5. What did Bessie create in Botswana?
(a) Her ideal life.
(b) A published manuscript.
(c) A large garden.
(d) A new family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the trend in Atteridgeville in 1964?

2. In "The woman from America," what state in America is the woman from?

3. Why does Bessie believe that the artist Gladys Mgudlandlu is so successful?

4. Bessie had stories to tell but couldn't write them. Why?

5. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?

(see the answer key)

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