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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 special category did Bessie see her writing in?
(a) Sufferer exposing the truth.
(b) Blazing a new trail into the future.
(c) Black woman with her own style.
(d) South African telling a South African story.

2. In African culture, what can't a woman do to their husband?
(a) Divorce them.
(b) Berate them.
(c) Lodge complaints against them.
(d) Strike them.

3. What does the musician, Makeba, have a passion for?
(a) Liberation.
(b) Public performances.
(c) America.
(d) The cello.

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

5. According to an account by Dr. W.H.C. Lichtenstein, Botswana men only do work that can be what?
(a) Sold or traded.
(b) Considered too important for women.
(c) Dropped suddenly.
(d) Viewed as manly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bessie feel defeated her in South Africa as a writer?

2. Bessie feels that the main function of a writer is to communicate what?

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

4. What does Bessie state that the South African blacks hoard?

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

(see the answer key)

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