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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. In "A Question of Power," Bessie states that what can lead a people or a nation into a terrible abyss of destruction?
(a) Evil.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Greed.
(d) Rage.

2. In "God and the underdog," what do the Ku Klux Klan members discover when they get to heaven?
(a) Their families are not there.
(b) God is a black woman.
(c) The gates are locked, to them.
(d) They're really in hell.

3. In Chapter 2, Bessie states that Botswana has survived by what?
(a) Lack of violence.
(b) Having few whites.
(c) The grace of God.
(d) Sheer luck.

4. In "chibuku beer and independence," who sent free beer for the independence celebration?
(a) Rhodesia.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Johannesburg.

5. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?
(a) Their story told.
(b) A place in her world.
(c) Equal representation.
(d) A right to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bessie in "Despite broken bondage . . .," what do men in Botswana mostly do?

2. In "Despite broken bondage . . .," what does Bessie say the emancipation of women in Botswana was rooted in?

3. In her research for her novel, "Maru," Bessie worked right at the roots of what?

4. In "Notes on novels," how is pre-colonial invasion South Africa described?

5. What does Bessie enjoy that she feels South Africa denied her?

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