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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. Bessie states that the system in South Africa sees blacks as not what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Human.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Worthy.

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

3. How many cattle died in the major drought in Botswana?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. Bessie states that one day all nations shall dwell under what shadow?
(a) Total equality.
(b) Peace.
(c) Global civilization.
(d) The Pharaoh's.

5. In "God and the underdog," Bessie states that there is nothing that moves her more deeply than what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) The history of the Jews.
(c) Children with no future.
(d) The emancipation of African blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Technologies and ideas in South Africa generally filter in from where?

2. Bessie views the author, Pasternak, as the liberator of what?

3. In "The woman from America," what about this woman and her husband poses the biggest threat to the village people?

4. Bessie states that "in her work" everyone has what?

5. What did Bessie have to start doing in 1966?

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