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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. What does Bessie attribute her bad habits and violent nature to?
(a) How she grew up.
(b) Fellow refugees.
(c) Mental instability.
(d) Drugs.

2. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?
(a) The environment.
(b) Religion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Mental illness.

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

4. In 1968, where was Bessie told that South African literature wasn't very popular?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) United States.

5. In 1965, what did Bessie write that the people of South Africa need to find in order to live together?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) A common bond.
(c) Respect for one another.
(d) A deep faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what person made Bessie's natural hatred of the white man ebb?

2. What kind of large mine was discovered in Africa after independence?

3. In "Village people," Bessie states that African peace is what?

4. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?

5. How does Bessie describe the Cape Town whites?

(see the answer key)

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