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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, In Exile, Botswana, 1964-1979, Preface, Sketches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Snowball?
(a) He got thrown into jail for being subversive.
(b) He left town.
(c) His dinghy collapsed.
(d) He got into a bar fight.

2. What did Boeta L revert to when no one accepts his cause?
(a) Religion.
(b) Drink.
(c) Madness.
(d) Suicide.

3. In 1966, Bessie wrote that some people from the American State Department came to Botswana, but they couldn't talk about what?
(a) The Afrikaners.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) Politics.
(d) African hunger.

4. In "Village people," what kind of porridge do they have for every meal?
(a) Rice.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Millet.
(d) Potato.

5. In "Sketches," how does Bessie describe Botswana?
(a) Serene.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bessie create in Botswana?

2. What months does it rain fiercely in Serowe?

3. In "Village people," Bessie states that poverty in Africa is like a second skin and worn with what?

4. What does Bessie think that the blacks in Cape Town believe?

5. What animal was involved in the story that the American woman told Bessie regarding a vision?

(see the answer key)

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