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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. Bessie described her friend, Snowball, as perfectly black except for his what?
(a) Red lips.
(b) White teeth.
(c) Pink soles of his feet.
(d) White hair.

2. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?
(a) Serene.
(b) Simple.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Beautiful.

3. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?
(a) See a psychiatrist.
(b) Take medication.
(c) Report regularly to the police.
(d) Get her manuscript censored.

4. In "Letter from South Africa," what do may refugees not want to do?
(a) Be controlled.
(b) Practice Christianity.
(c) Leave.
(d) Adhere to western culture.

5. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?
(a) She had no family.
(b) Blacks were just giving in to the white government.
(c) Violence was overtaking common sense.
(d) She couldn't get her stories published.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?

2. In Serowe, what grazes the earth to a shred?

3. According to Bessie, what do the South African blacks possess that evens out all their downfalls?

4. Bessie feels that the South African people lack what?

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

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