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

2. In "The woman from America," who does Bessie say are always in the majority?
(a) The impoverished.
(b) Whites.
(c) Those who fear.
(d) Men.

3. Bessie states that Botswana men do not care about what?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Work.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their pride.

4. How do most black friends in South Africa meet?
(a) Family and friends.
(b) Political activism events.
(c) Bars.
(d) Church.

5. In "God and the underdog," why does Bessie say the Klansmen make God a white man with blue eyes?
(a) The white people are the most alienated from God.
(b) They have no imagination.
(c) They don't really understand God's teachings.
(d) They're arrogant and think God must resemble them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1963, what did Bessie encourage her readers to do?

3. Bessie says that she grew up knowing only whom?

4. What was Bessie's biggest frustration in "An Unspeakable Crime"?

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

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