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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. What community was Bessie in in "The Isolation of Boeta L"?
(a) Serowe
(b) Cape Town
(c) Atteridgeville
(d) Johannesburg

2. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie say is the root of traditional African life?
(a) The land.
(b) Work, rest and prayer.
(c) Respecting your neighbor.
(d) Being at one with all things.

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

4. According to Bessie in "Despite broken bondage . . .," what do men in Botswana mostly do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Work.
(c) Play games.
(d) Drink.

5. According to Bessie, what do the South African blacks possess that evens out all their downfalls?
(a) Deep respect for the culture.
(b) Love and warmth.
(c) Fire within.
(d) Innocent simplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Bessie feel that the African people need, for their civilization?

2. What does Bessie feel is the most important aspect to having friends in South Africa?

3. Who raised Bessie?

4. What did the British bring to South Africa, which aided women as food producers?

5. In "The woman from America," what state in America is the woman from?

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