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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie describes Botswana men as what?
(a) Unattractive.
(b) Immature.
(c) Not nice.
(d) Unmotivated.

2. Bessie feels that the South African people lack what?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Pride.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Determination.

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

4. In Chapter 2, Bessie believes that God is embodied in whom?
(a) The children.
(b) The souls of all black Africans.
(c) The American woman.
(d) Her adoptive mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did their landlady do to Snowball despite Bessie's protests?

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

3. Who does Bessie think the Afrikaner race will one day emulate?

4. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?

5. What year was the old British Bechuanaland Protectorate established in Botswana?

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