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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. Bessie feels that the South African people lack what?
(a) Determination.
(b) Pride.
(c) Innovation.
(d) Dignity.

2. What did Bessie create in Botswana?
(a) A new family.
(b) Her ideal life.
(c) A large garden.
(d) A published manuscript.

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

4. Bessie Head was born in what year?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1939.

5. In 1964, where did Bessie move to?
(a) Botswana.
(b) Atteridgeville.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Johannesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie says that the African people want to develop how?

2. According to Bessie, the blacks of Cape Town accept hell to have what?

3. According to Bessie, what do the South African blacks possess that evens out all their downfalls?

4. What does Snowball believe can co-exist?

5. How does Bessie describe the people from the place that the American woman hails from?

(see the answer key)

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